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Living the Vida Lola: A Lola Cruz Mystery (Lola Cruz Mysteries) [Hardcover]

Misa Ramirez (Author)
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Lola Cruz Mysteries January 20, 2009

Meet Lola Cruz. After paying her dues as an intern, she’s now a full-fledged detective at Camacho and Associates. Her boss is Manny Camacho, a muy caliente former cop with a mysterious ex-wife, a Lara Croft look-alike girlfriend, and a sudden personal interest in Lola. Her first big case? A missing mother who may not want to be found. And to make her already busy life even more complicated, Lola’s helping her cousin plan her quinceañera, and battling her family and their old-fashioned views on women and careers. She’s also reunited with the gorgeous Jack Callaghan, her high school crush whom she shamelessly tailed years ago and photographed doing the horizontal salsa with some other lucky girl.

 

Lola takes it all in stride, but when the subject of her search ends up dead, she realizes she has a lot more to worry about. Soon she finds herself wrapped up in the possibly shady practices of a tattoo parlor, local politics, and someone with serious---maybe deadly---road rage. To top it all off, her treasured postcoital pictures of Jack are missing! Still, Lola is well-equipped to handle these challenges. She's a black-belt in kung fu, and her body isn’t her only weapon. She’s got smarts, sass, and more tenacity than her Mexican mafioso-wannabe grandfather. A few of her famous margaritas don’t hurt, either.

 

Debut author Misa Ramirez, a blond-haired, green-eyed gal with a passion for the Latino culture and authentic Mexican food, has penned a delicious mix of mystery, romance, and all-out fun. Filled with sizzling scenes and side-splitting humor, Living the Vida Lola is a thrilling ride that will have you up all night.


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Ramirez's muy caliente debut introduces Dolores Lola Falcón Cruz, a Sacramento, Calif., PI whose kung fu moves are only part of her chica charm. A missing persons case—the disappearance of 42-year-old Emily Diggs, who left her six-year-old son, Sean, stranded at school—turns into a murder investigation after a boater finds Emily's body near Riverbank Marina. Lola's old high school crush, Jack Callaghan, now a Sacramento Bee reporter, provides some unexpected help. Emily had approached Jack about her 18-year-old son Garrett's recent death—from what Emily believed was a heart infection due to a faulty tattoo. Lola's determined to uncover the facts and catch the killer, even if it means, gulp, getting a girly belly-button piercing. Ramirez keeps the action tight, the plot smart and humor light in this spicy blend of crime solving and romance. Lola's latina perspective adds extra sizzle. (Jan.)
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"Living the Vida Lola has a cast of endearing characters so real they jump right off the page. If you like a mystery with plenty of sass and sizzle, don't miss this sparkling debut!"—Brenda Novak, bestselling author of Trust Me

"If you like fun and spunky Stephanie Plum, you'll love smart and sexy Lola Cruz. Fun, tightly plotted and 100% entertaining, Living the Vida Lola is a terrific story bursting with marvelous characters that keep you rapidly turning pages until the very end. Misa Ramirez's debut novel rocks."—Allison Brennan, bestselling author of Playing Dead

"Make way for Lola Cruz!  Misa Ramirez's Lola Cruz is a flesh and blood heroine:  smart, sassy, and sexy.   Living the Vida Lola is a hot debut mystery that shouldn't be missed."—Maggie Barbieri, author of Quick Study

"Watch out baddies, Lola P.I. packs a punch and always gets her man!"—Mary Castillo, author of Switchcraft

"Sexy, funny, and completely entertaining.  Who could ask for more?  But wait!  Living The Vida Lola has much more, including colorful characters you'll cheer for from chapter one to the end.  Not to be missed."-- Lara Rios, author of Becoming Americana

"Muy caliente! Living the Vida Lola by exciting new author Misa Ramirez is deliciously decadent, laugh-out-loud fun. If you like a little spice with your mystery, you're going to love PI Lola Cruz."--National bestselling author Tori Carrington of The Sofie Metropolis, PI series

 

 


Product Details

  • Hardcover: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Minotaur Books; First Edition edition (January 20, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0312384025
  • ISBN-13: 978-0312384029
  • Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.9 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,613,200 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Adorable book!, April 21, 2009
This review is from: Living the Vida Lola: A Lola Cruz Mystery (Lola Cruz Mysteries) (Hardcover)
If you dig mysteries, you'll love this cheery, fun read by Misa Ramirez. The writing is bright and fast-paced, Lola Cruz is smart, witty and sexy. The story will lock you in until the last page!
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars entertaining half boiled noir, January 24, 2009
This review is from: Living the Vida Lola: A Lola Cruz Mystery (Lola Cruz Mysteries) (Hardcover)
In Sacramento Dolores "Lola" Falcon Cruz earns a living as a private investigator. Her current case involves a missing person, responsible forty-two years old Emily Diggs, who failed to pick up her six-year-old son Sean at his school. Everyone Lola spoke with who knew Emily insists she was a good mother who would never commit a negligent act involving her child especially with what happened to her older son.

However, the inquiry turns ugly when Emily's body is found near the Riverbank Marina. Lola continues her investigation, but changes her focus to uncovering the identity of the killer. Sacramento Bee reporter Jack Callaghan informs Lola that a distraught Emily told him that her older son, Garrett died from wht the woman called a "heart infection" that she believed came from an unsanitary tattoo. Lola remains dedicated to catching the culprit using Jack's tip as a lead by looking perhaps first hand into tattoos and belly-button and other unmentionable body parts piercing.

Never taking itself graveyard serious, this is an entertaining investigative half boiled noir with a touch of romance to spice up the proceedings. Ethical Lola is terrific as a literally and figuratively kick butt heroine who believes she owes her late client so continues her inquiry. You don't know Jack if you fail to understand that what Lola wants Lola gets, which is a killer, even if that mean a belly button or a nipple ring. Misa Ramirez provides a wonderful first case in what looks like the start of a delightful series.

Harriet Klausner
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Living La Vida Lola?, January 20, 2010
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More like Loving La Vida Lola! Fun, fast paced, I love this book and this character. I can't wait to read Hasta La Vista! Excellent, Ms. Ramirez! Bring it on!
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Emily Diggs, Jack Callaghan, Thank God, George Bonatee, Tattoo Haven, Mary Bonatee, Dolores Cruz, Muriel O'Brien, Detective Seavers, Club Ambrosia, Megan Crabtree, Walter Diggs, Allison Diggs, Tía Marina, Tom Phillips, Ryan Case, Greta Pritchard, Tomb Raider, Todd Case, Poor Emily, Reilly Fuller, Beverly Case, Assemblyman Case, Jennifer Lopez
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