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Hardcover Baring Arms Book

ISBN: 0312365411

ISBN13: 9780312365417

Baring Arms: A Me and Mr. Jones Mystery (Me and Mr. Jones Mysteries)

(Book #2 in the Me and Mr. Jones Mysteries Series)

All politics is loco! Especially for Texas Congresswoman Carly Wagner. Lately, she's been polishing her profile. Two months ago, she walked into her office in the Rayburn Building and found that a powerful man had been murdered in her chair. With the help of a young, yummy and lethal bodyguard who called himself Mr. Jones, she uncovered the killer. Now she's getting back to work. For a smart, savvy lady who's a former Miss Texas and a barrel-racing queen, this should be a snap. After all, she has friends in high places. But she's also got more than one big problem. Her twelve-year-old daughter has gone goth. Her ex-husband doesn't care. Her meddling mother does. So when Carly's daughter Jordan stumbles over the body of a neighbor strangled in his home, Carly decides to discover who did him in. But the tantalizing and infuriating Mr. Jones once more appears at her garden gate and declares he has other ideas: He warns Carly to mind her own business--and leave all the sleuthing to him. But what's a feisty woman to do when her child is threatened--and her career is, too? No self-respecting gal can just sit on her hands and let a mere man do all the work! Besides, Jones might be able to charm the hide off a heffer, but when it comes to lassoing varmints inside the Beltway and out, Carly knows best how to get her man. Jones has to lead, follow or get out of her way. Doesn't he? Baring Arms is the second in a delicious new series featuring the crime-solving duo of Congresswoman Carly Wagner and the delectable Mr. Jones.

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Format: Hardcover

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Customer Reviews

2 ratings

I love Carly

I think this is a delightful book. It has an interesting plot that keeps you guessing and some very interesting characters. I love Carly's sense of humor and unique take on things. There are phrases that the author uses that really tickle my funny bone, and I wish I could remember to use on my friends! :-D Good job. Can't wait for the next one!

engaging amateur sleuth

Preparing for her speech at the national convention, five term Congresswoman from the twenty-third district of Texas Representative Carly Wagner suddenly has a different problem than a rousing the troops oratory. She needs to be the MISSING MEMBER at the convention since her twelve year old daughter Jordan Underwood has found the corpse of their neighbor Judge Goodwin Deeds in his home. The forty-two years divorcee wonders how the grounded Jordan escaped house "arrest" after being escorted home by "Jones" who caught her and other tweeners and teens in a police raid of a computer gaming party. As strange as the homicide next door is, Carly knows the judge has enemies across the state. However, she wonders why the Judge's computer den was devastated as if a bomb hit it and who the removed an electronic chip imbedded in his hand. Carly believes the enigmatic Jones who smells FBI operative knows more than he is saying so she begins to investigate as her daughter is a prime murder suspect. Jordan confesses to her mom she is covering for her friend Sherry Bunting, daughter of Kentucky Senator Henry Bunting while also helping the judge's two children from his first marriage (Nicole and Nicholas) in their war with their stepmother Marie. Although there is some insight to being a Congresswoman and to a lesser degree a dependent daughter, BARING ARMS is an engaging somewhat plot thin amateur sleuth tale with professional oversight rather than a political thriller. Too sexy DC Jones tries to keep the feisty Texan safe by keeping the obstinate rep out of the murder investigation and his inquiry into information pilfering; he fails on all three counts leaving it to Abe Lincoln to keep his human female pets safe. Harriet Klausner
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