Sophie Littlefield: Crime Fiction for Adults


	A BAD DAY FOR SORRY nominations: Edgar® Award for Best First Novel Anthony Award for Best First Novel Macavity Award for Best First Mystery Barry Award for Best First Novel RTBookReviews Reviewers' Choice Award Crimespree Award for Favorite First Book A BAD DAY FOR PRETTY Now Available! hen a tornado unearths the mummified remains of a young woman at the Sawyer County Fairground, Stella Hardesty sets out to clear an old friend of the murder.... Maybe a date was a bad idea. Her body might have recovered from the whole killing spree thing, but it looked like her emotions might need a little more time in the airing cupboard before she took them on the road. Goat's dining room suddenly seemed a little too small. She blinked a couple times and pulled her hand away from under Goat's. Maybe she did want him bad, but she didn't need his pity, or sympathy, or whatever the hell it was that was causing him to turn on the charm. He sighed and tapped his fingers on the table. "Look, Dusty, you know what you need?" Stella shook her head, helping herself to an oversize sip from her wine glass. "You need a little meat on those bones. You're looking awful skinny. Come on, now, try the chicken. It was my mom's recipe." Stella couldn't help it—she sat up a little straighter and inhaled a nice big breath that set off her bosoms to their best advantage. "Skinny" wasn't a word she'd heard directed her way in a long time. Even shed of those fifteen hospital pounds, she was still on the generous side of womanly. Well—some fellas liked that... Read more about the book here and more of the excerpt here BUY IT! IndieBound Amazon Barnes and Noble Borders Books-A-Million "[Littlefield] blends humor and southern-fried crime-solving, to delicious effect." —People Magazine "Compelling and addictive." —4 1/2 Stars, RT Book Reviews "Littlefield wields humor like a whip." —Starred Review, Publishers Weekly "Crime fiction hasn't seen a character as scrappy, mean, and incredibly appealing as Stella in a long time. A-" —Entertainment Weekly "Amusing, sassy debut... Spunky, unapologetically middle-aged and a tad cantankerous, Stella barges bravely and often unwisely into danger." —Publishers Weekly "Littlefield puts a new spin on middle-age sleuths in this rollicking, rip-roaring debut." —Booklist "Wickedly funny...a can't-put-it-downer narrated in a brilliant, bristly voice." —Mystery Scene Magazine "The story's compelling, the dialogue perfect—and Stella is one of the most memorable characters of this summer or any other." —Jay Strafford, the Richmond Times-Dispatch "Humor and heart." —Hallie Ephron, Boston Globe