Spying in High Heels

By: Gemma Halliday

Narrated by: Caroline Shaffer

Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins

Publisher's summary

LA shoe designer Maddie Springer lives her life by three rules: Fashion. Fashion. Fashion. But when she stumbles upon the work of a brutal killer, her life takes an unexpected turn from Manolos to murder. And things only get worse when her boyfriend disappears - along with $20 million in embezzled funds - and her every move is suddenly under scrutiny by the LAPD's sexiest cop. With the help of her postmenopausal bridezilla of a mother, a 300-pound psychic, and one seriously oversexed best friend, Maddie finds herself stepping out of her stilettos and onto the trail of a murderer. But can she catch a killer before the killer catches up to her?

©2010 Gemma Halliday (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

Fun listen

Was a fun quick listen. As other reviewers have pointed out, it’s a bit Stephanie Plum like but also a bit different.

I'm so glad I found this series!!

Maddie is, like, so totally awesome! How can you help but love a girl who won't take "no" for an answer, loves to shop at Macy's and Neiman's and is mad about shoes? I have to commute to work and listen to books while I'm driving. This series has made my time in the car so much more fun!

LOL

At first, I considered stopping at chapter 3 or 4 because I found Maddie’s decisions and behaviour embarrassing – those of a stereotypical dumb blonde. However, Maddie is self aware enough to know of her foibles & that makes them easier - so I ploughed on. I am glad I did; parts of this story are so funny, I laughed until I was nearly crying. This degree of enjoyment from a book doesn’t occur very often. For this reason alone, I would recommend the book.

Luckily the book has more to recommend it than just humour. Characters have their idiosyncrasies that make them enjoyable to get to know. Dana makes a great best friend. Jack is character who is both a no-nonsense – ‘stay away & let the cops do their job’ cop and a good guy with some social skills that allow him to be sympathetic to the chaos Maddie stirs up.
I will be trying book 2 in the series to see if the author is able to include this degree of humour in Maddie’s next adventure.

Fun!

What did you like best about this story?

I like the idea of reading about the same characters in a series.

Who was the most memorable character of Spying in High Heels and why?

Maddie Springer.

Any additional comments?

I siad it once I will say it again Loved the storry, a bit to descriptive in romance scenes,and Dont really care for using Gods name in vain. but the humor is great!

Great fun!

No erotica and minimal explicit violence despite two murders. Lots of OC references and boob talk. Loads of situational humor. The publisher's blurb doesn't tell you that Maddy designs children's shoes, or that her mother's idea of a bachelorette party is a male strip club. All I can say without doing the spoiler thing is that I laughed myself silly, and the suspense and plot twists were great!
Caroline Shaffer is great as the audio interpreter!

loved it

a fun story & juicy with a great twists & turns at the end! thanks!!

Too funny!

The narrations is great! There are so many stories in one major story! Color language and content, but not too over the top! Enjoyed! Great, fun read or should we say listen!

Sort of a shopping novel

Just think of how easy it is to eat fairy floss ---- just listen to this and zone out into fluff land .

Quirky and funny

Enjoyed it, sort of. Maybe not enough to spend money on another, however. Too many better authors out there to waste money on only mediocre.

Good book

Good book, funny parts, stupid parts, but overall good book, narrator was great, story was good, didn't get too overboard on description of space.