Her Man Friday

By Elizabeth Bevarly

When investigator Leo Friday is sent to unravel the shady goings-on at the Kimball family mansion, he never dreamed his primary suspect would be pretty Lily Rigby, the eccentric family's social... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380800209
• ISBN13: 9780380800209
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Avon Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.1" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Shakespearean Plot Twists

I've just finished reading this book. Usually, I'm a little leary of contemporaries, but...this story was totally engrossing.Leo Friday is a Magnum P.I.-type who is hired to find $50 million missing from Kimball Enterprises. Going in diguised as the stereotypical pencil pusher (glasses, tweed suits, the works), he proceeds to infiltrate Schuyler Kimball's household. There, he is subjected to a nonchalant if brilliant billionaire, a mother who speaks to dead celebrities, a sister who constantly throws out vocabulary tests, a young girl who looks like she belongs in a biker bar, and a social secretary who sends his pulse racing. Add to the mix an indomitable headmistress and a seedy Marlon-Brando look-alike, and it's enough to keep anyone's head spinning.The pantheon of characters in this work is what makes it truly enjoyable. They were all real, somehow, with their little foibles and eccentricities. I could have easily read an extra hundred pages describing them. Although the story contains enough plot turns to keep the reader on her toes, what really makes this story is the insight we get about many of the characters. While the story contains a good amount of overtly sensual passages, the insight gained is what allows even a look or a pause in the conversation to leave one's heart racing.

The pause that refreshes

This book gave me exactly the same feeling as watching a favorite old movie on television--it's funny and charming and well-crafted, and I put it down feeling like all was right with the world. Excellent!

Loved It!!!

This book was hilarious, sensual, lusty and great fun. I enjoyed this book and could not put it down. I read in in about 4 hours. I absolutely loved the story and characters. Elizabeth Bevarly is a wonderful writer. Please give me more books to read!!

WHAT A HOOT!

I read this book at the beach, laughing out loud, with strangers staring at me the whole time. Not that I cared! It was hilarious. I loved Leo in his mild-mannered accountant disguise, Cloe who needs a companion of her own species -- a wolverine perhaps! Mrs. Puddleduck, Cloe's nanny, who's thinking of taking that nice, easy job as a prison matron instead. And can-you-spell-this Janey, who's desperate to find a man who's IQ is lower than hers. HER MAN FRIDAY is the perfect pick-me-up for anyone who's having a bad day.

Very funny contemporary romance

The Board that runs the multinational, multi-billion dollar Kimball Technologies hires private investigator Leo Friday to uncover who is stealing millions from the company. The board members provide Leo with little information except that the clever thief is somehow siphoning the money, but no one can explain how or even which subsidiary is being hit. Leo masquerades as an auditor, but finds nothing suspicious in the head office. Leo goes undercover inside the home of the company chair, Schuyler Kimball to determine whether a family member could be the embezzler. His first suspect is the billionaire's social secretary, Lily Rigby, who seems to run the show. Other suspects abound, but Leo cannot keep his mind or for that matter his heart from straying back to Lily. She also begins to fall in love with the so-called auditor, who she thinks is more than just another one of the many accountants employed by the firm. HER MAN FRIDAY is an entertaining, amusing contemporary romance that showcases a woman of major character, strength, and intelligence. The story line is enjoyable as Leo struggles between his gut telling him he is not in love with the prime suspect and his heart beating a different tune. As she did with MY MAN PENDLETON, Elizabeth Bevarly will charm her audience with a delightful tale that will provide much pleasure to sub-genre fans.Harriet Klausner