Working Stiff: A Sofie Metropolis Novel

By Tori Carrington

Book Overview

Sofie Metropolis's PI business is so successful at finding missing spouses and lost pets and at proving insurance fraud that she's hired new staff, including her (formerly) layabout cousin. There are two men in Sofie's life: sexy Greek baker Dino, who found a place in her heart-and bed-in Foul Play , and man-of-mystery Jake Porter, whose Australian accent is guaranteed to turn Sofie's knees to water. The week before Halloween, a body disappears from Sofie's Aunt's funeral home.It might be a holiday prank, but Sofie's barely begun to investigate when she's handed a truly hot case: prove the innocence of someone already on trial for murder!

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765317443
• ISBN13: 9780765317445
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Forge Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.2" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

Who thought dead bodies could be so much fun?

Sofie's at it again. Only this time her cousins body goes missing and her aunt wants her to find it before news leaks out. In her normal pattern of chaos and accidental blunders Sofie does this and more--like catching her boyfriend and sister together--Is this for real? Sending Sofie over the edge. All comes together in a very creepy end. I waiting for a 5th novel.

A solid effort

This fourth installment in the Sofie Metropolis series is a solid entry. There is a lot of fun, as well as character development. The writing is not of especially high caliber, but you don't get the feeling that was the goal of the husband/wife team. They simply wanted to write an enjoyable, light read, and they have done just that.

It's really a

3.5 star but I chose to go above rather than below....that's for the hopes that the authors will move FAR AWAY from the Stephanie Plum plot lines and define themselves as well as Sofie in a more original manner. (My fingers are crossed with Hope.) The four stars I gave is also for the enjoyment, as well as the frustration I experienced while reading this book. As the reviewer stated, I did want to turn the pages. Having gotten thru the 14 Plum books, and with the last of them in the not so hot category (read that as I'm ready to peel away from Plum-pun intended), I don't need a clone to take its place. So I will read the next Sofie, but will not spend my hard-earned money and take it out of the library. With any luck at all, the Carrington's will see the error of their ways and GET ORIGINAL...