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The Tangled Web
Have you ever wondered who that weirdo with the fake profile on Facebook is, and what they're up to?
Meet Single mother, aspiring novelist, undertaker….and glamorous, seductive private investigator. She and trainee plumber Flic forge the perfect partnership. They trap cheaters, report back to the wives and girlfriends, rake in the cash and then Vicky blogs about it all. The best thing about their job is it’s all done online, so it won’t interfere with their real lives and relationships. Well, that was the plan. What they didn’t count on was their first investigation being turned around on them so that they were the ones being investigated and written about - in a national newspaper.
Soon, their loved ones want a piece of their secret lives and they discover that Vicky’s family are less than helpful as sidekicks. Her goofy brother Adam discovers the real reason why Flic wants justice for women virtually scorned and invites the woman who destroyed Flic’s happiness to become a client, with catastrophic consequences for all involved in the business. Meanwhile, Vicky’s gobby sister Pamela is given a fake assignment to trap Christos, Vicky’s confidante, to keep her out of the way and makes an unsavoury discovery about him in the process. It very quickly becomes apparent that they’ve become trapped in a web of lies from which they can’t escape…
Lighthearted and fast-paced, this chick-lit novel is a tale about the darker side of social networking.
Meet Single mother, aspiring novelist, undertaker….and glamorous, seductive private investigator. She and trainee plumber Flic forge the perfect partnership. They trap cheaters, report back to the wives and girlfriends, rake in the cash and then Vicky blogs about it all. The best thing about their job is it’s all done online, so it won’t interfere with their real lives and relationships. Well, that was the plan. What they didn’t count on was their first investigation being turned around on them so that they were the ones being investigated and written about - in a national newspaper.
Soon, their loved ones want a piece of their secret lives and they discover that Vicky’s family are less than helpful as sidekicks. Her goofy brother Adam discovers the real reason why Flic wants justice for women virtually scorned and invites the woman who destroyed Flic’s happiness to become a client, with catastrophic consequences for all involved in the business. Meanwhile, Vicky’s gobby sister Pamela is given a fake assignment to trap Christos, Vicky’s confidante, to keep her out of the way and makes an unsavoury discovery about him in the process. It very quickly becomes apparent that they’ve become trapped in a web of lies from which they can’t escape…
Lighthearted and fast-paced, this chick-lit novel is a tale about the darker side of social networking.
461 pages, Paperback
First published November 30, 2011
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About the author
Lacey Dearie
69 books96 followersLacey Dearie is a writer from Ayrshire, Scotland. She has lived her whole life in the Ayrshire countryside and sets many of her stories in this area, or in the places where her extended family live.
On leaving school in 1995, she chose an entrepreneurial career path, which later led to a job in book-keeping before working for over a decade as a paralegal. She also ran a small perfumery for a short time and has worked as a mystery shopper since 2007, partly because she likes the glamour of being a spy, although it's actually super boring and there's a lot of paperwork involved.
She returned to study in her 30s, undertaking a BA in Arts & Humanities with the Open University in Scotland, where she gained a distinction in creative writing. She has also studied Comparative and World Literature with Harvard's online program, Harvard X and History of Religion, specifically magical beliefs in the Middle Ages with the Universitat de Barcelona.
Since 2002, she has written for a variety of publications, both in print and online. She is the author of 39 cat sleuth novellas, 2 chick-lit novels, 3 stories about sexually active foods and a blog named Rock Paper Spirit. She has also written a Chaka Demus and Pliers tribute musical, just to pass the time.
She has been an associate member of the Cat Writers Association since 2018.
On leaving school in 1995, she chose an entrepreneurial career path, which later led to a job in book-keeping before working for over a decade as a paralegal. She also ran a small perfumery for a short time and has worked as a mystery shopper since 2007, partly because she likes the glamour of being a spy, although it's actually super boring and there's a lot of paperwork involved.
She returned to study in her 30s, undertaking a BA in Arts & Humanities with the Open University in Scotland, where she gained a distinction in creative writing. She has also studied Comparative and World Literature with Harvard's online program, Harvard X and History of Religion, specifically magical beliefs in the Middle Ages with the Universitat de Barcelona.
Since 2002, she has written for a variety of publications, both in print and online. She is the author of 39 cat sleuth novellas, 2 chick-lit novels, 3 stories about sexually active foods and a blog named Rock Paper Spirit. She has also written a Chaka Demus and Pliers tribute musical, just to pass the time.
She has been an associate member of the Cat Writers Association since 2018.
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October 9, 2018
Really enjoyed this book! Having set myself a target to read as many different books as possible this year, I thought I’d give this one a go and I’m glad I did. It was a nice fun read and I brought into these characters so I was keen to keep reading to find out how this story planned out. Anyone looking for a fun, easy read, this is one for you. :o)
July 10, 2015
Two women start an online private investigation service, and cause a lot of trouble. Beware of social media.
December 18, 2011
Now I normally wouldn't think of reading a novel unless there was a ghost, murder or spaceship involved but I downloaded this one out of interest and what a nice surprise!
Single mother Vicky and newly-redundant Flic meet and start up up a business as private investigators exposing online cheats. Their private lives collide with their private ones with the result being an entertaining novel that had me gripped from the first page.
I managed to read this in one go, the characters are engaging, the writing sharp and the whole thing is very well presented. In fact I was forced to put this book down for a while in order to sleep but picked up my Kindle and started reading again as soon as I woke up. The story rattles along at a satisfying pace and the twists and turns will keep you guess up until the end. Download this story, you won't be disappointed.
Single mother Vicky and newly-redundant Flic meet and start up up a business as private investigators exposing online cheats. Their private lives collide with their private ones with the result being an entertaining novel that had me gripped from the first page.
I managed to read this in one go, the characters are engaging, the writing sharp and the whole thing is very well presented. In fact I was forced to put this book down for a while in order to sleep but picked up my Kindle and started reading again as soon as I woke up. The story rattles along at a satisfying pace and the twists and turns will keep you guess up until the end. Download this story, you won't be disappointed.
April 17, 2013
Not for me this one. Firstly, it isn't formatted properly in that it appears on the Kindle in a tiny, tiny font. That doesn't make it easy but I thought I'd give it a go.
It was a funny story and not something I really found funny. I found it a little farfetched and silly so packed it in. Strait-laced was misspelt too. I gave up at only 14% in but gave it an extra star as I hadn't happened across punctuation mistakes by then !!
It was a funny story and not something I really found funny. I found it a little farfetched and silly so packed it in. Strait-laced was misspelt too. I gave up at only 14% in but gave it an extra star as I hadn't happened across punctuation mistakes by then !!
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