Mistaken For The Mob

The Mob #1

by Ginny Aiken

Being mistaken for a gangster and accused of a series of murders she didn't commit was hardly the quiet life Maryanne Wellborn expected as a Philadelphia librarian. Who would have thought volunteering at her father's retirement home would be so complicated?

When handsome but determined FBI agent J. Z. Prophet takes the case, Maryanne can tell he's prepared to bring her down — or die trying. But then the real mob gets involved, and the situation turns deadly.…

Genres: Romance, Love Inspired, Christian, Mystery Thriller, Christian Fiction, Romantic Suspense, Love Inspired Suspense

256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published July 1, 2006

About the author

Ginny Aiken, a former newspaper reporter, lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and their three younger sons--the oldest is married, has flown the coop, and made her a doting grandmother. Born in Havana, Cuba, and raised in Valencia and Caracas Venezuela, Ginny discovered books at an early age. She wrote her first novel at age fifteen while she trained with the Ballets de Caracas, later to be known as the Venezuelan National Ballet. She burned that tome when she turned a "mature" sixteen. An ecletic list of jobs--including stints as reporter, paralegal, choreographer, language teacher, retail salesperson, wife, mother of four boys, and herder of their numerous and assorted friends, including the 135 members of first the Crossmen and then the Bluecoats Drum & Bugle Corps--brought her back to books in search of her sanity. She is now the author of twenty-seven published works, but she hasn't caught up with that elusive sanity yet.

http://ginnyaikenwrites.com/About_Me....

Reviews

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book :) I love the characters and the author has a nice way of dragging me into her world..

I just wish I didn't read the trilogy out of order! That messed me up a bit because I knew things I wasn't supposed to know yet and it turned me upside down LOL

[Ali · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Shannon]

no longer interested

[Janell · Rating 3 out of 5]

This line of books always has a mystery, a simple romance and a gentle Christian message. Not a lot of depth but an easy read. This was an ok book but I very much hope our real FBI agents have a little more sense than the "hero" of this story. :)

[Lori Henrich · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had started reading this sometime ago and gave up. I usually like this author but for some reason this one didn't do anything for me. When I realized it was available on Kindle at the library I thought I would give it another try, and I am glad I did. It was a smooth read and I loved the character development. They were easy to like and root for. I especially liked Maryanne and the way her character grew and changed during the story. The other two books in the series are available on kindle also so it will make it easy to get those to read.

Maryanne is a librarian who also runs a book cart at the home where her father is now living. She brings books around to the residents and visits with them. When the residents pass away she sends an email to the library card services person to terminate that persons library privileges. She never would have dreamed that those simple emails would have put her right in the middle of a suspected mob hit.

Fun read!!

[Jo · Rating 1 out of 5]

There was something about this book - the characters seemed to be almost caricatures. Some of this stemmed from the dialogue (who talks like that?) and some of it was because of the painfully incompetent and broody FBI agent (who can't stop repeating his rationale for suspecting Maryanne - enough already!) and the over the top plain-jane good-girl thing Maryanne has going on (all the stuff about her saintly mom's influence in dress was odd to me too). There was also a strong feel that the writing comes from a perspective steeped in the Christian sub-culture... the "insider" references and assumptions may make the story inaccessible and unrealistic to those outside the sub-culture.

[Paul Goble · Rating 2 out of 5]

Light, funny story about Marianne the library-anne who is mistaken by the FBI-and by mobsters-for a mob hit lady. Falls in love with FBI agent. Nursing home humor.

Print edition: 3 stars. Consistent tone is free of jarring transitions, and makes any unrealistic elements palatable. A fast read, though a little hard to read due to print too close to the gutter.

Kindle edition: 1 star. I re-read the book in 2015 on Kindle. The Kindle edition lacks typographic cues, so many of the transitions that worked well in print become quite jarring and confusing.

[Leslie aka StoreyBook Reviews · Rating 4 out of 5]

I finished this book last night and it was a very light romance/suspense novel. I thought it was pretty good although you can always see the end coming (boy meets girl, boy irks girl, boy makes amends and gets girl in the end). but it was enjoyable to read!