Shitake Happens

Shitake Mystery #.5

by Patricia Mason

Shitake Mystery Short Story Prequel totals approximately 12000 words:
It Keeps Getting Shitakier - A routine surveillance might have just turned bizarre.
When The Shitake Hits The Fan- Desperate love turns to desperate measures when a sexy private eye is hired to find out if a man will cheat on his fiancé.
Bonus story: Joe and Florence - A tragic love story of Shakespearean proportions.

Genres: Mystery, Chick Lit, Romance, Humor, Romantic Suspense, Fiction

40 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 12, 2012

About the author

Patricia Mason writes steamy contemporary and paranormal romance under the name Patricia Mason and young adult paranormal romance and urban fantasy. She escaped from the snowy Midwest winters of her youth by moving in 2001 to a beautiful, historic city in Georgia to pursue her dream of being a novelist. Her home is ruled by two black cats. For more titles by the author, visit www.prmason.net. You can also follow the author @prmason on Twitter.

Reviews

[Leah]

I haven't read "In Deep Shitake" but since this is a prequel I figured that would be ok and it was. It actually was a pretty good introduction and now I cannot wait to read more. The book was two short and funny tales of PI work gone wrong vaguely reminiscent of Stephanie Plum but Mo seems slightly less inept, but able to land herself in crazy situations nonetheless.

I have seen a few people complain about the length but after being surprised a few times myself I have started paying much more attention to the "Print Length" under the product details. This one is listed as 40 pages which was exactly why I choose to read it this morning. I was looking for a quick gym read and this fit the bill perfectly. It was short enough to finish during my workout and interesting enough to distract me from my hatred of ellipticals.

I really enjoyed getting to know a little bit about Mo, and Clarence. The characters were discussed enough so you could get a feel for them and what makes them tick. For example little notes are thrown in about Mo's background (family, pets, dreams) but its definitely not a complete picture just enough to wet your appetite.

[Mimi Barbour]

What a lot of fun this short read was! Mo, a private investigator is at it again, but this time she has to drag their office secretary Clarence with her on a job. Once she suspects there's been a murder committed, things get dicey and…even funnier. Not only does the dude drive her crazy with his complaints about not liking surveillance jobs after all, he pushes her buttons to where she's thinking to commit her own murder. I liked the other stories in this book also…with characters such as Mo, Harry and Clarence, it's hard not to enjoy their shenanigans. There was an added bonus - a Shakespearean love story about Joe and Florence. Considering one is a Flamingo and the other a seagull, Ms. Mason's writing talent was very evident.

[Jessicca]

Ever have a friend that swears too much? Meet Mo. Her swearing has reached the point to which her employer has decided that she needs to clean it up to deal with clients. Mo is a private investigator, who has seen her fair share of romance gone wrong. She carries a handgun and has decided to swap all swear words with food items.

This book contains two (2) short stories with Mo and her improved vocabulary, and one (1) humorous telling of a "Romeo and Juliet"-style romance between a seagull and his lady love.

[Al]

Take one devastatingly handsome movie star.
Add one outrageously sexy female private eye with a penchant for food-word obscenities.
Mix in a dose of mistaken identity and a handful of Russian mobsters...And they're all In Deep Shitake.

[Janyne]

Loved it! This is really three short stories -- "It Keeps Getting Shitakier," "When the Shitake Hits the Fan" and "Joe and Florence: A Tragic Tybee Love Story of Shakespearean Proportions." The first two stories are good but "Joe and Florence" is awesome!

[Mel]

Nothing fancy but it i think i like Mo and would try the first one.

[Kathryn Moore]

A beginning book to "In Deep Shitake." It was ok for a short story.