Bøger af Victoria Landis

A Laugh Out Loud Drama of a Modern Screwball Comedy-like an It Happened One Night with a racier plot line and a razor sharp assessment of love, lust, and marriage, plus funny money making in the iPhone era.The crazy world that is South Florida provides the setting for one of the best bookclub books, with characters you'll love and despise, bringing to life a story for grownups that will raise the question-could this happen? (Hint-yup.)Shirley and Stanley Nowack retired to West Sago Beach, Florida, expecting to live out their lives playing mah-jongg and golf in the warm sunshine.Cue the worst recession since the 1930s. Their already meager investments haven't rebounded. Determined not to spend their remaining years dumpster diving and sleeping in parks, they find jobs. Menial ones. They're over 70 and fortunate to get those.But bad luck and trouble soon pummel them into desperation. Add in their control-freak daughter's and Don Juan son's problems, and they're on a hilarious collision course with disaster.This rule-following, white bread, and average couple hatch a scheme to save their home and return them to days of leisure. There's just one eensy problem. If they're caught, they'll go to jail.What could possibly go wrong?

Ever wonder about crocodiles with crystal teeth? How to get more nookie? Cursed Christmas trees? Zombies?A Little Bit Sideways is a collection of humorous essays. From human nature, crazy foods, weird history, romance, and so much more, this book is full of entertaining facts you didn't know you wanted, delivered in fun.Author Victoria Landis chose from a decade of humor columns and essays to compile this book."Imagine a combination of Lewis Black and Lewis Grizzard with a dash of Frank Cerabino, add a female perspective on life, love, and what you really need to hear. That is A Little Bit Sideways. Victoria Landis tells it like it is in a hilariously honest way." - Charles Todd - Mary Higgins Clark and Barry Award Winner"Inquiring minds want to know about Viagra potatoes, mincemeat-eating crocodiles, and the coming zombie apocalypse. In her new book, Victoria Landis turns her rambunctious sense of humor loose on an unsuspecting public with her achingly funny observations about the end of the world or an alien saucer crash. And who is the mysterious Dr. Vegetables? The future President Taylor Swift may have the answers. Clear your mind and order the book whether you're upright or sideways." - Dana J. Summers, Award-Winning Editorial Cartoonist for Tribune Media/The Orlando Sentinel"Love this! Like having a great conversation with a treasured friend - Victoria Landis is hilarious, wise, and brimming with insight. You'll smile from the first word - and these wonderfully observant and witty essays prove Landis is a terrific new voice in humor." - Hank Phillippi Ryan, Agatha, Anthony, and Mary Higgins Clark Award-Winning Author"Victoria Landis is the Erma Bombeck of our times. I've never laughed so hard while learning so much. Do you miss Seinfeld, the show about nothing? Well, this book's for you. Landis's collection has hilarious (and informative) articles about life, the world, and everything in it. Once you start reading, you won't be able to stop." - Vincent H. O'Neil - St. Martin's Malice Domestic Competition Winner and Author of the Frank Cole Mysteries and The Sim Wars series"Don't try to see inside her head - it might blind you . . . Just enjoy her humor . . ." - Randy Rawls - Author of the Ace Edwards PI and the Beth Bowman PI series"Victoria Landis had me from the moment I finished the last page of her wildly funny novel, 'Alias: Mitzi & Mack', and after reading her hilarious new collection of humor essays, I've never been happier about 'being had' again." - John Hartnett - Humor Blogger, TV Writer, and Stand Up comedian"A little bit sideways, upside down, inside out, and bass ackwards - Victoria Landis will have you rolling on the floor laughing. . ."- Miriam Auerbach - Author of the Dirty Harriet Mysteries."Landis looks at life through a prism of humor - a skill in short supply these days. . ." - Deborah Sharp, Author of the Mace Bauer Mysteries

"Victoria Landis delivers a skillfully crafted page-turner with Blinke It Away. Vivid exotic settings and compelling characters come together in an engaging mystery that demands to be read in one sitting. Not to be missed." - Joe Moore, International Best-Selling Co-author of The Phoenix Apostles.Lauded for its authentic grasp of the local Hawaiian culture, Blinke It Away takes the reader into the everyday bustle of ordinary life in Hawaii and shows the reality far from the staging presented to tourists.It's an idyllic day on Oahu until Bess Blinke interrupts a bizarre robbery that ends in homicide. In the following days, she discovers terrible secrets tied to the crime, and her world unravels. When the killer realizes the depth of what she knows and comes after her, she escapes, hides, and plots to reveal the truth and expose the brutal force behind several murders - hoping to do so before they can kill her, too."I couldn't wait to get home to read more of Blinke It Away. Forget the chores; you'll want to sit down until you finish the story. Five stars!" - Nancy J. Cohen, Agatha Award Nominee & Author of The Bad Hair Day Mysteries