Overview
Sweet and innocent with a twist of girl-next-door, Cadence Jones is not your typical girl and certainly not your typical FBI agent. Just ask her sisters, Shiro and Adrienne. (Wait. . .best if you don’t ask Adrienne anything.) But it’s her special talent” which makes Cadence so valuable to the FBI and it never comes in more handy than when she and her partner, George, get tagged to bring down the Threefer Killer. A serial killer who inexplicably likes to kill in threes, leave behind inexplicable newspaper clippings, and not one shred of decent forensic evidence, soon starts leaving messages that seem to be just for Cadence and her sisters. Could it be that this killer knows all about Cadence’s special talent”? In the meantime, love blooms in the most unexpected place when Cadence meets her best friend’s gorgeous brother who is in town visiting—and she discovers that he knows her secret too! When attraction burns hot between them her best friend isn’t thrilled with the romantic development and this time Cadence just might agree!
From New York Times bestselling author MaryJanice Davidson comes an outrageously funny novel about a highly unconventional FBI agent, a rather odd serial killer, a best friend on the edge, a gorgeous baker. . .and oh, yeah, love.
Suddenly Cadence finds her unbalanced life turned even more upside down as she tries to date a baker who wants to get in her heart and in her bed, dodge a pesky psychiatrist, keep a leash on her sociopath partner, while trying to catch a serial killer who’s now fixated on her.
Some days it’s not even worth getting up in the morning. . .
Synopsis
From New York Times bestselling author MaryJanice Davidson comes an outrageously funny novel about a highly unconventional FBI agent, a rather odd serial killer, a best friend on the edge, a gorgeous baker. . .and oh, yeah, love.
Editorials
Publishers Weekly
Davidson's odd chick lit thriller cozy, the first in a trilogy introducing Cadence Jones, a federal agent afflicted with MPD (multiple personality disorder), will either delight or horrify. To begin, one must buy into the concept that the FBI would have a covert branch in Minneapolis, the Bureau of False Flags Ops (BOFFO), staffed with operatives like Jones; her sociopathic partner, George Pinkham; and assorted pyromaniacs, kleptomaniacs, and paranoid psychotics. Jones's joking about the various mental challenges of her crew may strike some as creepy in the context of their hunt for the "ThreeFer" serial killer. Meanwhile, Jones's alternating identities hop in and out during the disjointed investigation, creating romantic problems. Davidson (Undead and Unfinished) deserves credit for attempting black comedy, but her paranormal romance fans may be left scratching their heads. 100,000 first printing; author tour. (Oct.)Kirkus Reviews
Davidson, bestselling author of theUndead series, has spun supernatural romances around vampires, mermaids and werewolves. Now she's trying her hand at love in the loony bin.
The author has created a fantasy world posing as reality, beginning with a little-known branch of the FBI, the Bureau of False Flag Ops, or BOFFO, that distinguishes itself by employing agents who are all dangerously disturbed. There's a kleptomaniac, an arsonist, an agoraphobic secretary, a sociopath and our heroine Cadence, who has multiple personality disorder. Cadence (blonde and perky) and her two "sisters" (Shiro, a brilliant Japanese fighter, and redheaded Adrienne, a sexed-up killer) form the perfect crime-fighting package. The three will need all their skills to capture the ThreeFer serial killer who is now working on Cadence's home turf of Minneapolis. Bodies are piling up, three at a time, and Cadence and her partner George are far from solving a crime spree that has offered little in terms of forensic evidence and even less in profiling. Then ThreeFer strikes again, with a gift-like offering of clues that Shiro immediately understands—ThreeFer is killing to get Cadence's attention. Meanwhile, romance is in the air as Cadence meets her best friend Cathie's (she and Cathie met years ago at the mental institution where orphaned Cadence was born and raised) brother Patrick. A fabulously wealthy baker, Patrick knows all about Cadence's multiple personality disorder and thinks it's cool! Three chicks for the dinner price of one! Very strange...is he the ThreeFer killer? Or is it sociopath George? Maybe Cadence herself? Davidson's murder mystery has a multiple personality of its own—chick-lit comedy, violent whodunit and some kind of contemporary retread of The Three Faces of Eve, the combination of which deflates the tension and calls into question the taste of its comedy.
Kudos for quirkiness, though the novel is neither quite as funny nor as mysterious as it would like to be.
From the Publisher
Praise for Me, Myself and Why?
"Davidson is in fine form with the over-the-top humor and outrageous situations that have made her a best-seller. Best of all, this is a fresh new story with nary a vampire or werewolf." --Booklist "Wacky, witty and wonderful! Me, Myself and Why? is on eof the most unique and engaging stories to come along this year. There's nothing typical and everything wonderful about Cadence Jones and her "sisters." Prepare yourself for a wild and entertaining ride." -RT Book Reviews "Me, Myself, and Why? is a nail biting, heart pounding ride on the tilt-a-whirl of craziness and crazy has never been so good!" --Fallen Angel Reviews "Laugh-out-loud funny with a twist of suspense." --Romance Junkies “Awesomely original, fast paced and fun, with characters you’ll never forget!” –Lori Foster, #1 New York Times bestselling author
Praise for MaryJanice Davidson:
“With her hot-selling tales about a beautiful, wisecracking vampire queen from Edina, MaryJanice Davidson has sunk her teeth into a career most writers can only lust after.” --Minnesota Monthly
“Davidson’s witty dialogue, fast pacing, smart plotting, laugh-out-loud humor, and sexy relationships make this a joy to read.” --Booklist
“A bawdy, laugh-out-loud treat!” --Book Page
“Smart, sarcastic, frequently profane and manically inventive.” --The News-Press (Florida)
“When it comes to outlandish humor, Davidson reigns supreme!”—Romantic Times BOOKreview