This is the first book I have read by this author and I really like it (and I’m a bit surprised by that fact). The plot is great, the action is fast and hilarious and the characters wacky. From the start the heroine Alex a.k.a. Barney is believable and appealing.
From the backcover:
‘Alex Barnaby isn’t in Miami for the humidity or the huge bugs. She’s trying to saver her brother, “Wild” Bill Barnaby. Hard on Bill’s trail through the bars of South Beach, Key West and Cuba she meets Sam Hooker, the man Bill “borrowed” a yacht from. Hooker, stock-car hero and hot stuff, figures Alex is his link to scumbag Bill- besides, she’s a sweetie. The race to finish takes Alex and Hooker into international waters, exposing a plot to grab Cuban gold and a sinister relic of the missile crisis.
It’s a high-octane misadventure with hot nights, cold- blooded murder and a woman built for speed. Cussing and sexual innuendo included.’
Oh and I liked the title of this book too although it took me a while to figure out where the author got that from. It is all explained in the end when one of the characters says ‘Just look at you in your brand new little pink skirt and adorable blond hair. Who would think you smoked cigars and overhauled carburetors? It’s like you take metro-sexual to a whole new level. It’s like you’re Metro Girl.’
Conclusion: great, fast-paced and funny read!
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