# Louisiana Longshot

By Jana DeLeon · Miss Fortune Mystery, book 1

Profile: https://hahafiction.com/books/louisiana-longshot-6bc43b5e/

Fortune Redding can survive a CIA mission, but passing as a librarian and former beauty queen may defeat her. Hiding from an arms dealer in Sinful, Louisiana, she needs to stay inconspicuous. Then her inherited dog finds a human bone, and a local murder investigation threatens to expose her.

## What makes it funny?

The opening gives Fortune’s lethal footwear a second casualty: the CIA assistant who loved those expensive Prada shoes. Later, a colleague fears what Fortune might do with knitting needles. She objects to his account of an earlier pencil incident because he has the brand wrong.

### The comedy at work

Fortune treats killing as familiar work and a beauty makeover as an ordeal. DeLeon keeps returning her combat instincts to everyday objects and social expectations, while her colleagues answer her complaints with insults of their own.

### Try this if…

For readers who enjoy an abrasive, capable heroine whose biggest adjustment is ordinary social life, with a murder case and dangerous undercover work behind the jokes.

### Good to know

The opening refers to child trafficking and killing, and Fortune faces a bounty on her life. The sarcastic exchanges accompany genuine danger.

## What to expect

- Genre: Crime & thriller · Mystery
- On the shelf: Spy & espionage
- Kind of humor: Banter · Situational comedy
- Format: Novel
- Length: 230 pages (ebook)
- Audiobook: 7 hr 20 min
- Published: 2012

## More in Miss Fortune Mystery

- Book 30: Marsh Mystics

## A few distinguishing details

- A CIA assassin impersonating a beauty queen and librarian
- Colleagues more worried about ruined shoes than lethal improvisation

## Sources & further reading

- Book information: [Apple Books listing for Louisiana Longshot by Jana DeLeon reports 230 pages, released July 1, 2012, publisher Jana DeLeon.](https://books.apple.com/us/book/louisiana-longshot/id549039550)
- Author commentary: [Jana DeLeon's official Louisiana Longshot page identifies it as Book 1 in the Miss Fortune Mysteries, gives audiobook narrator Cassandra Campbell, labels format Unabridged, runtime 7h 20m, and lists ISBN 978-1478132233; its general 250-page count is not assigned to a format.](https://janadeleon.com/books/miss-fortune-mysteries/louisiana-longshot)
- Library catalog: [Library ebook record](https://www.overdrive.com/media/4230723/louisiana-longshot)
- Review: [L. J. Roberts review](https://mysteryfile.com/blog?p=63320)
- Book information: [Bibliographic record](https://www.fantasticfiction.com/d/jana-deleon/louisiana-longshot.htm)
- Author commentary: [Author description and opening chapter](https://janadeleonstore.com/products/louisiana-longshot)