This Dame for Hire, Sandra Scoppettone
This Dame for Hire, Sandra Scoppettone
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This Dame for Hire

Author: Sandra Scoppettone

Narrator: Laura Hicks

Unabridged: 9 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/01/2007

Synopsis

Meet Faye Quick, a sassy secretary who keeps the home fires burning by reluctantly becoming a private investigator after her boss and agency owner, Woody Mason, joins the army. True to her name, Faye catches on quick, and is especially adept at solving crimes—notably when she stumbles (quite literally) over the body of a murdered woman. This accidental discovery not only forces Faye to keep the doors of the agency open during wartime, it keeps them swinging.

About Sandra Scoppettone

Sandra Scoppettone is the award-winning author of many novels, including several thrillers written under the pseudonym Jack Early. She is also the creator of the series of mystery novels featuring New York private eye Lauren Laurano. Scoppettone lives on Long Island.

About Laura Hicks

Laura Hicks is an Obie Award–winning actress who has appeared on Broadway, off Broadway, and in regional theater, film, and television. A native New Yorker and a Juilliard graduate, she has performed throughout the United States, as well as in Canada, Australia, Austria, Italy, and Ireland.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Cathy on June 13, 2014

I love our library and sometimes I just browse around looking for something that just jumps out into my hands. This was it, jumping into my hands earlier this week and I'm glad it did because it was a fun read. With the guys away mostly in Europe but all over the world during WWII, Faye Quick who wo......more

Goodreads review by Jim on February 09, 2016

This was a lot of fun as an audio book. I don't think it would have read as well. The language went a little overboard in setting us in NYC during WWII, but the narrator was very good. She brought out Faye very well. She's a plucky broad who even has a gat, although she normally keeps it on the top......more

Goodreads review by Tara on May 12, 2010

This was a fun read. I want to immediately point out some things I really liked about it. 1. The heroine smokes, but her smoking habits do not take up an entire quarter of the book. Well done! 2. As usual with a mystery tale, there are LOTS of characters and suspects, but I never got confused. I alw......more

Goodreads review by Lansing Public Library on October 15, 2008

Secretary, Faye Quick, takes over the job of Private Detective from her boss who has joined the Army during WWII and then literally trips over the body that becomes her first case. The reading group rated this book 5. Everyone enjoyed this book. It was a fast summer read. The author was very descripti......more

Goodreads review by Glenda on October 31, 2017

It's been a long time since I read a true mystery and I enjoyed it. There were more people involved than I like, but it made it fun. It is about a girl who took over a PI business in 1943 after her boss was sent to war. She made the business a success ... she is a tough cookie and a real investigato......more

Quotes

“An original idea—a female PI working on her own in 1943…Faye Quick makes a tough and touching heroine. Best of all, Quick's 1943 New York looks like old magazine and newspaper photographs come to life—not faded but enhanced by the passage of time.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“All the synonyms for quick–snappy, brisk, witty, smart–apply to Sandra Scoppettone’s new character Faye Quick. This dame’s as likable a New Yorker as you’re apt to find outside da Bronx.” Laurie King

“This first novel in a major new series set in New York City during World War II features a female gumshoe who’s a little bit Myrna Loy and a little bit Philip Marlowe’s younger sister–but very much her own woman. Funny, tender, historically fascinating, This Dame for Hire has something for mystery readers of every kind.” Ed Gorman

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