The Best Revenge (The Camilla Randall Mysteries) [Kindle Edition]

Anne R. Allen (Author), Saffina Desforges (Foreword)

Book Description

THE CAMILLA RANDALL MYSTERIES: Snarky, delicious fun. Perennially down-and-out socialite Camilla Randall is a magnet for murder, mayhem and Mr. Wrong, but she always solves the mystery in her quirky, but oh-so-polite way.
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“Twisted chick lit noir with a side of funny.” Ruth Harris, NYT bestselling author of Hooked and Love and Money.
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“Anne R. Allen is a genius at fast and witty dialogue.” Paul Fahey, author of 16 Podewale Street
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“Agatha Christie meets Dorothy Parker.” Saffina Desforges, bestselling author of Sugar and Spice/Paraphilia
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The Best Revenge
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This prequel to the Camilla Randall mysteries romps through the glitzy 1980s, when 19-year-old Camilla loses everything: her fortune, her gay best friend, and eventually her freedom. When she’s falsely accused of a TV star's murder, she discovers she’s made of sterner stuff than anyone imagined—herself included.
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In typical Anne R. Allen fashion, the plot twists and turns from one breathless misadventure to another, leading to a finish sure to catch the reader by surprise.
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Anne R. Allen is a humorist, novelist and popular publishing industry blogger. Her books include Food of Love, The Gatsby Game, the Camilla Randall Mysteries, and How to be a Writer in the E-Age…and Keep Your E-Sanity.
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“Anne is one of the strong voices of the Digital Age.”—Kristen Lamb, author of We are Not Alone, The Writer’s Guide to Social Media

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Anne R. Allen is a master at writing romantic-comedy-suspense novels. Food of Love, her first, was originally published in the UK in 2003 by maverick publisher Babash-Ryan (now sadly defunct). This edition has been updated with new material especially for Popcorn Press. Anne's second novel, The Best Revenge, was also originally published by Babash-Ryan, in 2005. A new edition to be released by Popcorn Press is currently in the works. She is also working on a third novel in this genre. Anne serves on the faculty of the Central Coast Writers Conference in gorgeous San Luis Obispo, CA - "the happiest town on earth." She also maintains a regularly updated writing blog at annerallen.blogspot.com.

Product Details

• File Size: 487 KB
• Print Length: 278 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1469956039
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: MWiDP (Mark Williams international Digital Publishing (July 8, 2012)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B008MM29QG
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #78,249 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Comic Romp! February 19, 2012

By Paul A. Fahey

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

I loved this book. Anne R. Allen is a genius at fast and witty dialogue. The characters are great fun and the plot just zooms along. Each chapter is a gem in itself. I can't wait to read more in this series. If you haven't read Anne R. Allen's books, it's time to get started. What are you waiting for? Highly recommend to anyone wanting a breezy, funny read.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars An Historical Novel of the Nineteen Eighties June 28, 2007

By Kathleen Keena

Format:Paperback

This a great read; funny, fast paced. Eighties disco glitter spangles every page. Outrageous details of designer clothes, unlikely coincidences, romantic confusion abound. Allen's book is original and crisp. Gay Culture is accurately depicted. "Best Revenge" is full of unexpected humor as "predictable" characters act against type. Life can be funnier!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Anne Allen Strikes Again! July 9, 2007

By Richard Alan Corson

Format:Paperback

Anne Allen has done it again, another witty, engaging look at the foibles of our times. Well, my times, I was there for the 80s. Like Food of Love, Best Revenge is part bildungs roman, part picaresque "Perils of Pauline" (Calamities of Camilla?) that while laugh-out-loud funny, carries a message about how we view ourselves and how others' views of us may conflict, yet make us grow. Just as when I read Food of Love, I was up till the wee hours reading the last third of the book at breakneck (or break-page-turning thumb) speed. But this time, when I finished, I immediately started over and reread the first third! See if you can read it just once!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous Beach Read May 29, 2012

By anne gallagher

Format:Paperback

Once I started THE BEST REVENGE, I found I couldn't put it down. An engaging Hollywood caper set during the 1980's pits a fashionable New York debutante against a hard nosed reporter who's had a bad day. I don't even know what to classify this book as -- thriller, romance, comedy, drama, whodunit, who's going to do it -- it has everything, including a sappy happy ending.

Allen's thinly veiled L.A. stars light up the pages as I tried to figure out who was who. Camillia Randall starts off as a lowly health food columnist who then somehow gets involved in the murder/suicide of superstar Jon Don Parker. Laughs ensue as she tries to explain to everyone she didn't do it. Nobody believes her except a crazy old lady who has a penchant for purple. (Who truly is the "star" of this novel.)

Allen's wit and dry humor had me from the first, but this line -- She knew he was probably being honest, but how could she trust a man who said he'd always been a liar. -- is an absolute gem.

I cannot wait to read the rest of Allen's work. And definitely put this on your summer beach reading list. You won't be disappointed.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Anne Allen's at it again October 2, 2005

By C. S. Perryess

Format:Paperback

Poor Camilla Randall is forced to make her getaway in a DeLorean from accusations of murder. Instead of heading back to her past to fix her future, she finds a new and laughable life, avoiding a lusty Colonel Sanders with something other than chicken on his mind, embracing an egotistic yet attractive news editor -- also with something other than chicken on his mind, and appreciating a charmingly wacky senior citizen with a lavender Edsel and who-knows-what on her mind.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't Get Mad, Just Get Even April 9, 2013

By Shari Morris

Format:Kindle Edition

Yup, your favorite heroine is back. All style and gracious mannerisms. Sometimes you want to shake some awareness into Camilla, but what fun would that be? You WANT her to figure things out even though you have done so long before. Again, Anne Allen has a winner!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars The Best Revenge July 28, 2012

By Lorie B

Format:Kindle Edition

What a brilliant read. It is too good to put down. It's funny, romantic and with enough tension to keep you on your toes.

More About the Author

Anne R. Allen is the author of six romantic-comedy/mysteries: THE GATSBY GAME, FOOD OF LOVE and the Camilla Randall mysteries: THE BEST REVENGE, GHOSTWRITERS IN THE SKY, SHERWOOD, LTD., and NO PLACE LIKE HOME. Her publisher is Mark Williams international Digital Publishing.

She's the co-author of HOW TO BE A WRITER IN THE E-AGE...AND KEEP YOUR E-SANITY, written with Catherine Ryan Hyde.

Anne's short story BETTY JO STEVENSON RIDES AGAIN is available as a MWiDP single and her short fiction also appears in the SAFFINA DESFORGES PRESENTS Kindle Break anthology, MARTINI MADNESS, the INDIE CHICKS ANTHOLOGY, and the Literary Lab anthologies GENRE WARS and NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND.

Her blog, which she shares with NYT bestselling author Ruth Harris, was named one of the 50 Top Blogs for Authors by TribalNationDaily, and was a finalist for best publishing industry blog by Goodreads and the Association of American Publishers.

Anne is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College and spent twenty-five years in the theater--acting and directing--before taking up fiction writing. She is the former artistic director of the Patio Playhouse in Escondido, CA and now lives on the Central Coast of California.