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Dirty Harriet
SOMETIMES, A WOMAN'S GOT TO GET DIRTY TO GET THINGS CLEAN...Leaving the glamorous Boca Raton lifestyle behind wasn't easy for Boca-born Harriet Horowitz. But when she'd asked her physically abusive husband to make her day -- he'd agreed (in front of 500 people) -- and Harriet became single (a widow).
Though it had been a clear-cut case of self-defense, she lost everything...yet wound up finding more. Her crash from the heights of society led her to a home in the desolate, haunting Everglades, a job as a private investigator and a new identity as tough cookie Dirty Harriet.
It was a new world for Harriet. Until a murder case involving vulnerable migrant women brought her back to Boca Raton and forced her to face a past she'd thought she'd left in the dust....
Though it had been a clear-cut case of self-defense, she lost everything...yet wound up finding more. Her crash from the heights of society led her to a home in the desolate, haunting Everglades, a job as a private investigator and a new identity as tough cookie Dirty Harriet.
It was a new world for Harriet. Until a murder case involving vulnerable migrant women brought her back to Boca Raton and forced her to face a past she'd thought she'd left in the dust....
- GenresMysteryCozy MysteryHumor
304 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published March 21, 2006
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About the author
Miriam Auerbach
6 books15 followersMiriam was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia. The first of many changes in her life occurred at age six, when she witnessed tanks rolling past her family’s home during the Soviet occupation of the country. Shortly thereafter, her family fled to the United States, taking her with them. She grew up in Denver, where she spent her high school and early college years studying diligently to become a particle physicist. However, during a brief stint at Los Alamos National Lab, she began to suspect that building nuclear weapons just might not be the best way to spend her life. Thus, at age twenty she rebelled and spent the next decade living on the fringes of the Harley biker world.
In her thirties she returned to semi-conventional life, earning a Ph.D. in social work and becoming a university professor, publishing academic treatises under her real name of Miriam Potocky. She has found this to be a rewarding career, with the minor exception that one fine day she crashed headfirst into the glass ceiling of the ivory tower. Falling into a funk, she took to her bed to eat chocolates and watch old Dirty Harry movies. She didn’t get Harry’s appeal until she suddenly had a vision of him as a woman, and then it all made sense. Thus her debut novel, DIRTY HARRIET, was born. It won the 2006 Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award for Best First Series Romance. Miriam can only guess that this is because the heroine kills her husband on page one.
DIRTY HARRIET and its sequel, DIRTY HARRIET RIDES AGAIN, were originally published by Harlequin and were reissued by Bell Bridge Books in 2013. The third in the series, DEAD IN BOCA, was published by Bell Bridge in 2014.
Miriam lives in South Florida with her husband and their multicultural canines, a Welsh Corgi and a Brussels Griffon. She continues to profess by day and decompress by night by writing her next Dirty Harriet novel.
In her thirties she returned to semi-conventional life, earning a Ph.D. in social work and becoming a university professor, publishing academic treatises under her real name of Miriam Potocky. She has found this to be a rewarding career, with the minor exception that one fine day she crashed headfirst into the glass ceiling of the ivory tower. Falling into a funk, she took to her bed to eat chocolates and watch old Dirty Harry movies. She didn’t get Harry’s appeal until she suddenly had a vision of him as a woman, and then it all made sense. Thus her debut novel, DIRTY HARRIET, was born. It won the 2006 Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award for Best First Series Romance. Miriam can only guess that this is because the heroine kills her husband on page one.
DIRTY HARRIET and its sequel, DIRTY HARRIET RIDES AGAIN, were originally published by Harlequin and were reissued by Bell Bridge Books in 2013. The third in the series, DEAD IN BOCA, was published by Bell Bridge in 2014.
Miriam lives in South Florida with her husband and their multicultural canines, a Welsh Corgi and a Brussels Griffon. She continues to profess by day and decompress by night by writing her next Dirty Harriet novel.
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September 28, 2024
Fun and very quick read (proving that it doesn’t take 300 pages to tell a full story). I’m loving the Harley-riding PI, former Boca Babe, whose business it is to stop scams. This first story involves Mayan immigrants picking tomatoes for Big Tomato.
July 29, 2016
I just finished the audio version of Dirty Harriet: Volume 1 (Dirty Harriet Mystery Series) by Miriam Auerbach and narrated by Karen Commins. I couldn't stop listening to it! It's very entertaining and definitely a good piece of "brain candy" (think chocolate for the brain).
The story starts with Harriet telling us about how she killed her abusive and drug addicted husband at a wedding with a .44 gun. Before doing so, she remarked in front of 500 wedding guests, Clint Eastwood style, "Go ahead. Make my day." Thus, she's been fondly referred to as "Dirty Harriet" ever since. It doesn't hurt that she's now in the Private Investigation business and legally carries a gun.
The story itself involves a mystery surrounding an illegal immigrant who was murdered over a year ago. An elderly rich widow hires Harriet to investigate the unsolved murder. The mystery had me guessing until about the time Harriet figured it out herself, which was a big plus for me. But, what I enjoyed most was Harriet's sense of humor and internal thought process. She's a "real" person, who enjoys riding and working on her motorcycle, despite having lived for more than 10 years in a McMansion.
Karen's narration is as real as Harriet is. I was totally engrossed and imagined that I was listening to Harriet's thoughts and snarky comments, rather than listening to a reader's narration of a book. I'd listen to another one of her renditions any day!
In short, Dirty Harriett is a great story to take you away from a very average and normal (dull) life. Thank you for the escape, Karen (and Miriam)!
The story starts with Harriet telling us about how she killed her abusive and drug addicted husband at a wedding with a .44 gun. Before doing so, she remarked in front of 500 wedding guests, Clint Eastwood style, "Go ahead. Make my day." Thus, she's been fondly referred to as "Dirty Harriet" ever since. It doesn't hurt that she's now in the Private Investigation business and legally carries a gun.
The story itself involves a mystery surrounding an illegal immigrant who was murdered over a year ago. An elderly rich widow hires Harriet to investigate the unsolved murder. The mystery had me guessing until about the time Harriet figured it out herself, which was a big plus for me. But, what I enjoyed most was Harriet's sense of humor and internal thought process. She's a "real" person, who enjoys riding and working on her motorcycle, despite having lived for more than 10 years in a McMansion.
Karen's narration is as real as Harriet is. I was totally engrossed and imagined that I was listening to Harriet's thoughts and snarky comments, rather than listening to a reader's narration of a book. I'd listen to another one of her renditions any day!
In short, Dirty Harriett is a great story to take you away from a very average and normal (dull) life. Thank you for the escape, Karen (and Miriam)!
May 22, 2013
This is proof you don't need a romance in a book to be wholly entertained and love every minute.
I was hooked from the get-go. The story opens with Dirty Harriet telling us about how she killed her husband at a wedding with a .44 and confesses she said, "Go ahead. Make my day."
I knew from that moment this was my kind of heroine.
What follows is a mystery involving illegal immigrants in tomato fields, mysterious female problems, car and motorcycle accidents, rick women, and more. To reveal too much would ruin the story. But I was not able to figure it all out until Harriet did--a plus for me. I like to have an inkling but I don't like to figure it all out by page 50.
The mystery was good, but what makes the book awesome is the heroine's wit, snark, and thoughts. And just her, herself. She's very down to earth, though she hasn't always been. She's dealing with her mother, who's on a cruise and babbling about a mysterious man. She rides a motorcycle and works on it herself in her free time. She cracks jokes about it being a 500-pound vibrator "always up for a ride, the pushrods pumped hard and the tires never deflated..." If you haven't figured it out, she was saying her bike was better than a man. LOL
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I was hooked from the get-go. The story opens with Dirty Harriet telling us about how she killed her husband at a wedding with a .44 and confesses she said, "Go ahead. Make my day."
I knew from that moment this was my kind of heroine.
What follows is a mystery involving illegal immigrants in tomato fields, mysterious female problems, car and motorcycle accidents, rick women, and more. To reveal too much would ruin the story. But I was not able to figure it all out until Harriet did--a plus for me. I like to have an inkling but I don't like to figure it all out by page 50.
The mystery was good, but what makes the book awesome is the heroine's wit, snark, and thoughts. And just her, herself. She's very down to earth, though she hasn't always been. She's dealing with her mother, who's on a cruise and babbling about a mysterious man. She rides a motorcycle and works on it herself in her free time. She cracks jokes about it being a 500-pound vibrator "always up for a ride, the pushrods pumped hard and the tires never deflated..." If you haven't figured it out, she was saying her bike was better than a man. LOL
I'm not done. Head over to Book Babe to read the rest: http://wwwbookbabe.blogspot.com/2013/...
November 7, 2013
Former Boca babe Harriet Horowitz has traded in her expensive habits for a home in the swamp, an alligator who listens to her ramblings, and a roaring motorcycle. A tough chick private eye, she takes on a case involving a murdered Mayan housekeeper. Suspects arise from the woman’s employers to her immigrant labor origins to a local fertility clinic. Is there only one victim involved, or are there bigger issues at stake? Harriet isn’t afraid to face anything head-on and guns blazing. Funny, satirical, and poignant, Dirty Harriet will leave you with a smile and eager to see what Harriet gets involved in next.
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December 20, 2013Thoroughly engaging! Could not put it down!
It's difficult to pinpoint exactly what I liked the most about this book - the endearing character of Harriet, the appealing setting of SE Florida (my home as well)or the intriguing plot line which kept me turning page after page. All of these combined to make me a committed Dirty Harriet fan and I am looking forward to the next book in this series!
It's difficult to pinpoint exactly what I liked the most about this book - the endearing character of Harriet, the appealing setting of SE Florida (my home as well)or the intriguing plot line which kept me turning page after page. All of these combined to make me a committed Dirty Harriet fan and I am looking forward to the next book in this series!
September 20, 2022
Kept me entertained for a couple of hours
I thoroughly enjoyed the humor and not being able to guess what was going to happen next. I enjoy reading tales about smart, fearless, kick-ass women and this book certainly qualifies. The author has a great imagination. How many authors do you know that can come up with a female PI that lives in the Everglades and discusses her cases with a gator?
I thoroughly enjoyed the humor and not being able to guess what was going to happen next. I enjoy reading tales about smart, fearless, kick-ass women and this book certainly qualifies. The author has a great imagination. How many authors do you know that can come up with a female PI that lives in the Everglades and discusses her cases with a gator?
December 26, 2019
How fitting for Harriet at a wedding in self defense got rid of her abusing, drug habit husband, the life of rich in Boca, to moving and name change. Then when a case showing problems with illegals found her back in her old stomping grounds, as a PI . Now known as a touch chick called dirty Harriet
Given ARC audio for my voluntary review and my honest opinion
Given ARC audio for my voluntary review and my honest opinion
October 1, 2024
Clever and with cute bits, but not especially outstanding.
December 27, 2016
Dirty Harriet: Dirty Harriet Series 01
The Protagonist: Harriet Horowitz was a battered housewife in the glamorous world of the Boca Raton. Except, after years of domestic abuse she shot her husband Bruce with his Magnum. Boca Babe Harriet became Harriet Horowitz PI - martial arts expert, HOG riding, Magnum wielding, scam busting investigator, who lives in a swamp with an alligator. From 'Swank to Swamp.' From Lady to tough female PI.
The Plot:The Countess, an elderly widow from the Boca Raton set, hires Harriet to investigate the unsolved murder of a once illegal Peruvian immigrant. The Countess feels that Harriet's backstory will make her care about the victim and find the solution. Then a second immigrant is murdered.
Dirty Harriet is an unusual and entertaining novel. It is a balanced blend of humour and enlightenment. It covers refugees, trafficking, and moral issues in a palatable manner. It is poignant without being patronising. At the same time, this book is humorous and enjoyable.
The story flows, and Harriet is very endearing. She has a degree of vulnerability as she is still finding her place. The supporting characters are well developed and likable. They are going to be interesting future reading. For example, it includes a big tough biker mechanic who is gay.
Undoubtedly the book is engaging but as well-written as the book is, I didn't buy the plot. That is not because I spotted the where it was going. Rather, I could not suspend my belief to accept the reason for the two murders. No spoilers here so suffice it to say the reason was possible but not currently probable.
This book is good clean fun. Great escapism and worth reading. Recommended without hesitation.
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Book Rating
Sexual Content: U
Language: U
Violent: U
Would I read the next oneor reread ?: Yes
My rating system (* = star)
0* Could not finish this book (waste of time)
1* Finished the book but didn't like it.
2* Finished the book it was okay.
3* A good read worth your time.
4* An excellent read often with a novel concept or unusual plot.
5* A magnificent read. A prominent example of the genre.
The Protagonist: Harriet Horowitz was a battered housewife in the glamorous world of the Boca Raton. Except, after years of domestic abuse she shot her husband Bruce with his Magnum. Boca Babe Harriet became Harriet Horowitz PI - martial arts expert, HOG riding, Magnum wielding, scam busting investigator, who lives in a swamp with an alligator. From 'Swank to Swamp.' From Lady to tough female PI.
The Plot:The Countess, an elderly widow from the Boca Raton set, hires Harriet to investigate the unsolved murder of a once illegal Peruvian immigrant. The Countess feels that Harriet's backstory will make her care about the victim and find the solution. Then a second immigrant is murdered.
Dirty Harriet is an unusual and entertaining novel. It is a balanced blend of humour and enlightenment. It covers refugees, trafficking, and moral issues in a palatable manner. It is poignant without being patronising. At the same time, this book is humorous and enjoyable.
The story flows, and Harriet is very endearing. She has a degree of vulnerability as she is still finding her place. The supporting characters are well developed and likable. They are going to be interesting future reading. For example, it includes a big tough biker mechanic who is gay.
Undoubtedly the book is engaging but as well-written as the book is, I didn't buy the plot. That is not because I spotted the where it was going. Rather, I could not suspend my belief to accept the reason for the two murders. No spoilers here so suffice it to say the reason was possible but not currently probable.
This book is good clean fun. Great escapism and worth reading. Recommended without hesitation.
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Follow my blog on Bloglovin’
Book Rating
Sexual Content: U
Language: U
Violent: U
Would I read the next one
My rating system (* = star)
0* Could not finish this book (waste of time)
1* Finished the book but didn't like it.
2* Finished the book it was okay.
3* A good read worth your time.
4* An excellent read often with a novel concept or unusual plot.
5* A magnificent read. A prominent example of the genre.
April 4, 2020
I enjoyed this book it is sassy and feisty just how I think a female private investigator should be. The mystery was good and did keep you guessing, although I had come to suspect the killer. There was a section of the book I really wish I hadn't been listening to with my mother in the room, it is clean (no sex) just a medical exam to which she ask me "What are you listening to?" Other than I enjoyed it, I liked the characters and the way she talked to the crocodile, it really gave you a sense of living somewhere very different. What with Boca babes, mansions and swamps you get the feeling there is a whole other world out there. Off to start the next book.
Harriet has just been asked to investigate her first homicide case, something very different to her normal job of busting up fraudsters. An immigrant has been killed, she had just worked here way out of the tomatoes picking fields into working as a maid in a mansion but nobody cares she is dead. Except an old friend from Harriets past, Contessa von Phil asks her to look into it. Slipping back into high heels and make up is a lot harder than you think and this might just be a job for Dirty Harriet rather than Boca babe. The immigrant women are afraid to talk, the men won't talk and for the elite talking to Harriet is beneath them. Can Harriet find out is going on or is there more than a language barrier in the way?
I have heard a few audio books by this narrator and have enjoyed them every time because she puts in a good performance.
Harriet has just been asked to investigate her first homicide case, something very different to her normal job of busting up fraudsters. An immigrant has been killed, she had just worked here way out of the tomatoes picking fields into working as a maid in a mansion but nobody cares she is dead. Except an old friend from Harriets past, Contessa von Phil asks her to look into it. Slipping back into high heels and make up is a lot harder than you think and this might just be a job for Dirty Harriet rather than Boca babe. The immigrant women are afraid to talk, the men won't talk and for the elite talking to Harriet is beneath them. Can Harriet find out is going on or is there more than a language barrier in the way?
I have heard a few audio books by this narrator and have enjoyed them every time because she puts in a good performance.
January 2, 2014
Great fun! A wildly improbable new series reminiscent of Carl Hiiasen's South Florida misadventures, for some reason these books are classified as romance, which the cover art certainly suggests. Don't be fooled! Harriet is an ex-Boca Babe who has offed her abusive husband and become an Everglades-dwelling P.I. whose new best friend is an alligator she calls Lana. Harriet's borderline vigilanteism also brings to mind the Sophie Littlefield series featuring Stella Hardesty as a similarly empowered abused spouse who takes the same path to salvation as Harriet: murdering her abuser.
I enjoyed the range of characters in this short novel; considering that it clocks in at around 150 pages, I found them to be well developed and humorously drawn. I've already lined up number two in the series, and I'm wondering which of the characters will continue to populate Harriet's small yet rarefied world. While these books won't edify or uplift you, I can tell you they are entertaining, full of South Florida corruption, wealth, and weirdness, and they will make you laugh out loud. I call that well worth the modest electronic price of admission.
I enjoyed the range of characters in this short novel; considering that it clocks in at around 150 pages, I found them to be well developed and humorously drawn. I've already lined up number two in the series, and I'm wondering which of the characters will continue to populate Harriet's small yet rarefied world. While these books won't edify or uplift you, I can tell you they are entertaining, full of South Florida corruption, wealth, and weirdness, and they will make you laugh out loud. I call that well worth the modest electronic price of admission.
April 17, 2013
Dirty Harriet didn't work for me. The transition from "Boca Babe" in Boca Raton's wealthiest society to Harley-riding-detective with all of the language that might seem appropriate for a Harley-riding-detective did not ring true for me. Harriet was educated at one of the "prissy" women's colleges on the East Coast (one reason the transition to H-r-d didn't work for me), her husband was a Yale grad, big-time lawyer with a coke habit.
Until, that is, Harriet blew him away. She moves from high society to swamp society as soon as the shooting is ruled self-defense. From then on, she is happy with her Harley, her cabin in the Glades, and a mouthful of one liners that quickly got on my nerves.
The solution to the mystery of two deaths of young illegal aliens from Peru involves an experimental surgery and "donation" of organs that has not yet gone mainstream.
Overall, this one is not my kind of mystery.
from Net Galley/Belle Bridge Books
Mystery. original publ. 2oo6; repub. March 2013. Print version 304 pages. ISBN-10: 0373880901
Until, that is, Harriet blew him away. She moves from high society to swamp society as soon as the shooting is ruled self-defense. From then on, she is happy with her Harley, her cabin in the Glades, and a mouthful of one liners that quickly got on my nerves.
The solution to the mystery of two deaths of young illegal aliens from Peru involves an experimental surgery and "donation" of organs that has not yet gone mainstream.
Overall, this one is not my kind of mystery.
from Net Galley/Belle Bridge Books
Mystery. original publ. 2oo6; repub. March 2013. Print version 304 pages. ISBN-10: 0373880901
May 14, 2017
Talk about taking a shift in your life.
After taking years of abuse from her husband, Harriet took matters into her own hands and killed her husband ... all within the first chapter. So I wondered where the story was going to lead us.
Harriet leaves behind everything that her husband's life represented (a mansion, servants, money), gets a Harley and a shack in the swamp. She opens her own PI business to help those who are scammed. What she doesn't expect is the adventure that follows when someone from her former life walks into her office.
Migrant workers are part of the landscape in south Florida so when one shows up dead no one takes special notice other than one of society's grande dame who asks Harriet to investigate. The investigation leads into the sides of migrant worker's culture that those of us in the north are unaware of. Harriet takes us on a fun ride with her Harley to solve the murder mystery that no one seemed to care about.
I look forward to when the next story is available on the Kindle.
After taking years of abuse from her husband, Harriet took matters into her own hands and killed her husband ... all within the first chapter. So I wondered where the story was going to lead us.
Harriet leaves behind everything that her husband's life represented (a mansion, servants, money), gets a Harley and a shack in the swamp. She opens her own PI business to help those who are scammed. What she doesn't expect is the adventure that follows when someone from her former life walks into her office.
Migrant workers are part of the landscape in south Florida so when one shows up dead no one takes special notice other than one of society's grande dame who asks Harriet to investigate. The investigation leads into the sides of migrant worker's culture that those of us in the north are unaware of. Harriet takes us on a fun ride with her Harley to solve the murder mystery that no one seemed to care about.
I look forward to when the next story is available on the Kindle.
November 29, 2015
I have a new favorite heroine. Her name is Harriett. Author Auerbach grabbed me in the prologue with her right-on-target description of "Boca Babes." Then I met "Dirty Harriett" and was completely blown away of her description of Harriett on her Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
"You know that sound -- the one you only get from a Harley. But maybe you don't know the feel. Let me put it this way: it's a 500-pund vibrator between your legs. And people wonder why a woman would ride a bike."
Harriett has left the glamourous life of a Boca Raton "Boca Babe" behind for a shack in the Everglades with an alligator as a neighbor and a job as a private investigator. And beneath the humor and satire and action, the author tells a more serious story of the trials of Mayan immigrants working the South Florida tomato fields. This is a successful read on several levels.
I'm happy that this was just the first of a Dirty Harriett series. I have more to look forward to reading.
"You know that sound -- the one you only get from a Harley. But maybe you don't know the feel. Let me put it this way: it's a 500-pund vibrator between your legs. And people wonder why a woman would ride a bike."
Harriett has left the glamourous life of a Boca Raton "Boca Babe" behind for a shack in the Everglades with an alligator as a neighbor and a job as a private investigator. And beneath the humor and satire and action, the author tells a more serious story of the trials of Mayan immigrants working the South Florida tomato fields. This is a successful read on several levels.
I'm happy that this was just the first of a Dirty Harriett series. I have more to look forward to reading.
September 28, 2020
I got this from Netgalley years ago and only got around to it now.
Spoiler-free review:
I have to admit, the cover did not draw me in, not a big fan of it. The book itself was a short and quick read. I was intrigued and entertained even tho it played with cliches a bit much for my taste.
I guessed the culprit pretty early but was thrown off by other clues and second-guessed myself. The solution, in the end, was rather...meh. I found it relatively unrealistic and not guessable but in itself made sense.
The book had some funny moments tho which I did like. If I had to compare it to another book I would probably compare it with the Stephanie Plum series. Both of the main characters are a bit clumsy and stumble into stuff they could have avoided if they had thought it through beforehand a little better.
All in all, I don't regret reading the book but I will most likely not continue with the series.
Spoiler-free review:
I have to admit, the cover did not draw me in, not a big fan of it. The book itself was a short and quick read. I was intrigued and entertained even tho it played with cliches a bit much for my taste.
I guessed the culprit pretty early but was thrown off by other clues and second-guessed myself. The solution, in the end, was rather...meh. I found it relatively unrealistic and not guessable but in itself made sense.
The book had some funny moments tho which I did like. If I had to compare it to another book I would probably compare it with the Stephanie Plum series. Both of the main characters are a bit clumsy and stumble into stuff they could have avoided if they had thought it through beforehand a little better.
All in all, I don't regret reading the book but I will most likely not continue with the series.
May 18, 2013
Harriet ‘Dirty Harriet’ Horowitz went from mingling with the elite to clad in leather motorcycle babe. When her abusive ex laid one hand to many on her, she went ahead and made his day. Now Harriet is a private investigator, uncovering scams and living in the swamps with a gator named Lana. When Contessa von Phul wants Harriet’s help finding a murderer, she knows she is stepping in murky waters, but always up for a challenge Harriet begins to ferret out sending her back to the Boca Babes she walked away from and hoped never to see again.
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April 15, 2015
The book was the escapism I was in the mood for. "Dirty Harriet" took after her namesake Dirty Harry, by telling her abusive husband to "make my day" just before shooting him at a high society wedding after he hit her one too may times. She also blew away her wealthy Boca Babe lifestyle at the same time she killed her husband. So she retreated on her newly acquired Harley to a cabin in the Everglades near her new BFF, an alligator called Lana. Determined to be leave her old life behind, she takes over her late uncle's Private Eye business investigating scams, but soon found herself involved in a murder investigation.
February 3, 2014
I loved this book! It was a quick, light read with a good story line and some pretty funny parts. I actually laughed out loud several times. The main character Harriet kind of reminded me of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum. She's a tough, bike riding, bad ass. I already started the second one and I hope there's more of Harriet's adventures to come.
July 3, 2016
Once a boca babe, now a private eye. Dirty Harriet is everything you'd want to read and more! She's a no nonsense type of woman. In this fast, yet action packed story you come to understand Harriet and her ways. It is a fun and exhilarating ride from start to finish! Just whatever you do, don't get in her way.
December 31, 2013
One of my freebies. Woman lives the highlife, but her husband is abusive. She gets tired of it and kills him. Reevaluates her life, opens a detective agency. Is very much a loner. Takes a murder case (which is out of her normal arena). Pretty good book.
August 18, 2009
It was fun to read about a female character who rides a Harley! (I used to own one too.)
December 19, 2010
Lots of fun. She's sharp and clever with just enough mistakes to still be able to identify with her.
December 9, 2013
This book was rather silly. I probably won't read any of the others in this series.
June 12, 2014
Weak. Cliché.
December 16, 2015
I was not impressed by the plot, writing style or characters. I had hoped for more from this seasoned author.
ARC provided by NetGalley
ARC provided by NetGalley
December 24, 2014
Fun, easy read. Looking forward to Harriet's new adventure.
January 2, 2015
A great new hero for women who need to start over. Her life changes drastically but she copes. Go Harriett
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