If you’re unfamiliar with Melodie Campbell’s Goddaughter novellas, you’re in for a major treat. Each can read as a standalone, but trust me, you’ll want to read the series. Funny and clever (just like Melodie!), this book is another madcap adventure for the loveable Gallo cousins that proves the rule “Why should things go right when they can go wrong?”
Author Name: Melodie Campbell
Book Title: The Goddaughter Does Vegas
Book Genre: Crime Caper – Humorous
Release Date: January 29, 2019
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Synopsis: Gina Gallo is a mob goddaughter who doesn’t want to be one. She’s left her loopy mob family behind to elope with Pete to Vegas. Except that eloping may be a mortal sin in an Italian family. Vegas is full of great acts, but one impersonation is real: Gina has a crime-committing double whose activities are making Gina front-page news. Gina has to track down this fiendish fraud before the police catch up with her. And, of course, cousin Nico is along for the ride.
About the author: The Toronto Sun called her Canada’s “Queen of Comedy.” Library Journal compared her to Janet Evanovich. Melodie Campbell has won the Derringer, the Arthur Ellis, and eight more awards for crime fiction. She has shared a literary shortlist with Margaret Atwood, and was a Top 50 Amazon bestseller, sandwiched between Tom Clancy and Nora Roberts. Melodie has been on faculty at Sheridan College teaching writing since 1992, and is the past Executive Director of Crime Writers of Canada. Find her at www.melodiecampbell.com
Sounds like fun. We could all use a laugh these days. Best of luck to Melodie.
Carol, her books are quick reads and really fun!
Thank you, Carol! I got my start writing standing, and another Carol – Carol Burnett – was my idol. That’s the sort of good-natured humour I strive for.
I’m currently reading Cindy Sample’s Dying for a Date and it’s a hoot! You’re always welcome here, Mel,
Marking that book down, Judy! Thank you.
Thank you for that kind introduction, Judy! I’d love to find more authors who write the kind of humour I do. I’ve been compared to Janet Evanovich and Lisa Lutz by Library Journal, but if you readers know of any others, I’d appreciate hearing through a comment here. Always looking for more books to read!