Shop Till You Drop by Elaine Viets
Hilarious!
Once on the fast track to success, Helen Hawthorne is now going nowhere
fast. She traded in her chic life for a shabby one. And now shes on the run,
jumping from city to city and dead-end job to dead-end job, trying to stay
one step ahead of her past...
After two weeks as the new salesclerk at Julianas, Fort Lauderdales ultra-
exclusive clothing boutique, Helen still feels out of fashion. And since the
only crime likely to be committed around here is being old-or worse,
looking old-Helen figures shes safe. Until she discovers the manager has
been embezzling money and selling designer drugs along with the
designer clothes. Add murder to the mix-and Helens dead-end job is
downright deadly.
Personal Review: Shop Till You Drop by Elaine Viets
Shop till You Drop is one of the best, laugh your butt off mystery books out
there. Helen Hawthorne is one of the most impressive characters to come

along in the saturated amateur sleuth genre. Elaine Viets has made her
Dead-End Job mysteries must read. No matter what is going on.
When I first stumbled upon Elaine Viets it was a lazy Sunday afternoon in
May. The local paper had a review about Shop Till You Drop. I wanted it.
Immediately. I called my area bookstore because they knew who I was &
always took care of me. lol. Well, they had no copies in stock & wanted to
order me a copy ~ nope, it wasn't good enough. I wanted this book... now.
I was going through of one of my moody reading spells where you just
couldn't find the right book to read & every unread book on your shelf just
wasn't calling you. Shop till You Drop was shouting to be read.
The bookstore didn't want to lose a customer, so they were kind enough to
call area stores to see if they had any copies in stock. Well, it seems
everyone wanted this book ~ darn bookstores for not stocking enough
copies. Finally, a book miracle... one of the chains had one left. My
husband (fiance' @ the time) was on call, but drove the truck 20 miles to
pick up the book w/ my mom in tow. This way if he got a call she could
grab the book & wait until he was clear.
Well, I read it ~ in one sitting. I believe one of the reasons I think the
Stephanie Plum series is a total snore fest is Elaine Viets. She is one of
the reasons I am so darn spoiled by excellent writing, laugh-out-loud
amusing adventures & characters so vile or so endearing you just want
them to be real.
Elaine Viets' Dead-End Job Mysteries are addicting... like grapes, peanuts,
potato chips or M&M's... one just will not do.
No one knows South Florida like Ms. Viets. She describes the local flavor
w/a kaleidoscope of colors.
With every book in the Dead-End Job series I have to remind myself I am
not in Fort Lauderdale. I can't just pop over & visit some of the most
winsome characters to come along in any genre in a long time. No hanging
@ the Tropic apartments w/ Helen, Margery, Peggy, Pete & Phil... Well...
sorta Phil.
For me, the most disappointing thing about this series is I can't lounge
beside the pool @ the Coronado.
Ms. Viets creates such vivacious characters, I was tempted to go for a
stroll along Las Olas Boulevard & ring the bell @ Julianna's. I just wanted
to see Christina up close.
Helen Hawthorne is one of the most riotous, sensational & vivid characters
you'll ever encounter.
The cast of secondary characters are delectable, whimsical & priceless.

Elaine's plotting is ingenious & her wicked sense of humor is reason
enough to pick up Shop till You Drop.
This is definitely a series lovers of the cozy genre should scoop up &
readers in search of incredible story telling should rush out to grab Shop till
You Drop. Hurry go grab it. Heck, who am I kidding, order all of the books
now. The only thing you will regret is waiting an entire year for the next
hilarious mystery adventure w/ Helen & company.
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