Wild Jinx

Starred review from March 15, 2008
Ninety-two-year-old swamp granny Tante Lulu and her best friend, Jude, patron saint of hopeless causes, have a new missionto find a good Cajun girl for DetectiveTee-John LeDeux. But after taking part in an undercover sting involving the Dixie Mob, he needs to lay low, sohe joinsa Jinx Inc. treasure huntfor pirate gold hidden deep in the Louisiana bayous.Reporter Celine Arseneaux was also involved in the Dixie mob sting, and she wasnt too happy to see Tee-John there. After all, shed slept with him once several years earlier and ended up with a son Tee-John doesnt know exists.Hill has filled this romancewith her trademark whimsical humor, emotional dilemmas, and fun adventures. The characters areunforgettable andthe dialogue clever, ensuring thatthethird book in Hills Jinx series (Pink Jinx, 2006;Pearl Jinx,2007) is more fun than a barrel of frogs in Bayou Black as the never-say-die granny and her saintly buddy once again set out to put things right in their little corner of the world.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2008, American Library Association.)