A year ago, Eva Wylie was the biggest, meanest, ugliest female wrestler to disgrace the ring. Her name was on posters. People recognized her on the street. But having been barred from the ring, she's back at the bottom, reduced to guarding rich people's cars and dreaming of yesterday's triumphs.
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Eva Wylie, feisty wrestler, junkyard watchman, and amateur sleuth, has been banned from the ring. She begins plotting a comeback, though, when she discovers a lost bag of money. The shady figures who are looking for it start her on another dangerous and rowdy adventure. Third in an exciting series.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Kirkus Reviews
Down but not out, that's Eva Wylie, the erstwhile London Lassassin who's been barred from wrestling because she had too much pride in her work to wear the ridiculous getup the omnipotent promoter Daddy (``Dirty'') Deeds wanted her to wear. Eva's so close to the dole that she's even had to take a job for The Enemy, Anna Lee of Lee-Schiller Security, guarding a lot-full of the Ferraris she'd rather be hotwiring and driving off. On her way home from getting fired (naturally) by The Enemy, Eva runs into a spot of luck--an unlocked red Carlton containing a sportsbag stuffed with Bank of England notes. Even better, her beloved sister Simone, who's had all too little to do with Eva from the time Simone was put up for adoption on through her mini- triumphs as a men's magazine model, has picked now of all times to pop up in Eva's life again. Eva waxes rhapsodic--``If I had Simone behind me, Simone to watch me, I could do it all--be the London Lassassin again''--until their viperish mother descends on the pair, the driver of the Carlton comes looking for the person who pinched his dosh, and an unexpectedly violent outburst and a series of nasty surprises make Eva sorry she didn't stick to borrowing cars that weren't equipped with a cash bonus. Like Eva's earlier appearances (Monkey Wrench, 1995, etc.), this third one tends to run down instead of winding up--but when you're dealing with as obtuse and sensitive a heroine as unforgettable Eva, whose main function is to register experiences rather than analyze them, that's probably inevitable. -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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I'm the author of the Anna Lee and Eva Wylie series of mysteries as well as the stand-alone novels Ballad of a Dead Nobody, Gimme More and Rift. Many of my short stories are collected in Lucky Dip and other stories. My website is www.LizaCody.com. You can also follow me on Twitter.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This series just gets better and better!,
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This review is from: Musclebound (Hardcover)
Eva Wylie's voice is still echoing iin my brain. What a strong character! Eva, the female wrestler known as the London Lassasin, has been barred from wrestling, but she hasn't been beaten. Living in an auto wrecking yard with her attack dogs, Eva is reunited with her sister Simone. A mysterious bag of money introduces us to such a group of well drawn villains that I shudder at the thought of meeting most of them on a street in daylight, let alone night. And then there's Keif, with the "voodoo hands". _Musclebound_ is a tightly woven story full of memorable characters, including a visit or two by Anna Lee, from Liza Cody's other popular series.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Found Money's A Curse,
By Untouchable (Sydney, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Musclebound (Paperback)
Liza Cody is responsible for a highly entertaining series of books featuring an extremely tough protagonist in eva Wylie. Unfortunately the series only runs to 3 books (at least so far) and Musclebound is the 3rd book. Eva Wylie is a tough woman who defiantly narrates her story. She doesn't tell us the story so much as she drops it in a sodden heap at our feet and then says, "Well what are ya waiting for, read it". She is a raw, in-your-face professional wrestler who holds a night watchman job at a car-wreckers. At least, she was a professional wrestler, known as the London Lassassin until she was banned from the ring. Now she just works nights with her dogs, Ramses, Linnekar and Milo. At the start of the book, Eva is down on her luck, out of work, often drunk and getting tossed out of pubs. But she's still the same tough character. She brooks no nonsense from anyone and will loudly tell you where to go if you cross her. Her put downs and sarcastic comebacks range from crude to blatantly abusive and are a feature of the story that I find hugely entertaining. After getting kicked out of a pub late one night, she spots a car at a service station just begging to be "borrowed". She barely hesitates before jumping in and speeding off, only to be shocked when the owner of the car shoots out the passenger windows. She is even more shocked when she later discovers that sitting on the back seat of the car is a bag full of cash. Naturally Eva takes the cash, pleased with her unexpected change of fortune. But she finds out that having money can cause almost as many problems as having none. Her easy life is suddenly disrupted by a procession of unwelcome visitors as can be imagined when coming into possession of that much many in dubious circumstances. There's Keif, a fellow wrestler who virtually adopts Eva and vows to train her back into shape, Fish Face, Droopy-drawers, The Enemy (Anna Lee, Cody's other protagonist) and God Greg, not to mention Wozzizname and the police. They sound like weird names, but only because Eva tends to christen people with her own nicknames and then refers to them only by their new nicknames, no matter how derogatory they may be. Among the unwelcome guests who visit her home comes a visitor who is very definitely in the welcome category. Her sister, Simone appears one day much to Eva's joy. For the duration of the first two books, Eva has had a burning desire to find Simone but her mother continually refused to tell her where she was. Simone's introduction to the story is an interesting one because it enables us to finally see another side of Eva, one where she is desperate to please somebody else. What makes this book so enjoyable is the total consistency of Eva's hate. She doesn't discriminate, if you tick her off she will give you an absolute gob full and that's where the fun begins. She also has an interesting philosophy on life one that is, shall we say, unconventional, and she updates us with it as we follow her story.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
a wild and crazy ride... can't wait to read the next...,
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This review is from: Musclebound (Hardcover)
Just finished "Musclebound", having previously read "Monkey Wrench" (reviewed separately). I am even more confirmed liking this character and series.
Eva Wylie is an unusual character, to say the least, and I won't go into the plots as these are available in the other reviews. It's the character that appeals. The novels are told in first-person narrative. You feel like an older, wiser counselor looking over Eva's shoulder, being inside her head. You see what's going on WELL before Eva does, like when she finds a bag full of money in this story but does not realize it's counterfeit 'til WAY after the reader does. It's not about how smart Eva is, but how gutsy. She's been knocked down over and over but she gets back up every time. By the end of each novel Eva has grown a bit further by paradoxically staying herself AND learning some things new. Eva has friends and supporters both true (including THE ENEMY, her nickname for another character in the book) and false (but we're still figuring that out along with her). It's a wild and crazy ride, each novel, and I can't wait to read the next!
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