Bucket NutIn this hard-hitting, colorful new novel, award-winning author Liza Cody launches a new series and introduces a marvelous new heroine: Eva Wylie, a female wrestler who, when she's not working the sleazy wrestling circuit, is a security guard who cuts a sizzling swath through London low-life, unecumbered by scruples. |
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Page 104
I won't say Sherry-Lee Lewis is Klondyke Kate, exactly. But she is a contender.
And she is big. 'Say, "Thank you Mr Deeds",' Mr Deeds said. 'Thanks boss,' I said.
And I meant it. I saw Sherry-Lee Lewis fight once in Newcastle. She's popular, for
...
I won't say Sherry-Lee Lewis is Klondyke Kate, exactly. But she is a contender.
And she is big. 'Say, "Thank you Mr Deeds",' Mr Deeds said. 'Thanks boss,' I said.
And I meant it. I saw Sherry-Lee Lewis fight once in Newcastle. She's popular, for
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Page 177
The dogs were straining forward and I was trying to hold them back. i Sherry-Lee
Lewis's mam looked me over like I was a secondhand car. The sister said, 'Big
enough for you, Sherry?' Sherry-Lee Lewis laughed. 'She'll do,' she said.
The dogs were straining forward and I was trying to hold them back. i Sherry-Lee
Lewis's mam looked me over like I was a secondhand car. The sister said, 'Big
enough for you, Sherry?' Sherry-Lee Lewis laughed. 'She'll do,' she said.
Page 178
I looked at Sherry-Lee Lewis and she smiled at me. Her teeth were pretty good. I
admired them. 'How do you fancy your chances tonight?' Kenny asked. Sherry-
Lee Lewis kept on smiling. I said, 'I am the London Lassassin. This is my patch.
I looked at Sherry-Lee Lewis and she smiled at me. Her teeth were pretty good. I
admired them. 'How do you fancy your chances tonight?' Kenny asked. Sherry-
Lee Lewis kept on smiling. I said, 'I am the London Lassassin. This is my patch.
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User Review - KirkusA sizzling debut for the author's unlikely new heroine- -Junoesque, foulmouthed Eva Wylie, daughter of an alcoholic prostitute. Eva ekes out an uncertain living as a junkyard night- guard, augmented ... Read full review
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User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictLively British author Cody introduces rough-and-tumble Eva Wylie, a "professional'' wrestler and security guard who gets caught in a London protection war. Read full review
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| Title | Bucket Nut |
| Author | Liza Cody |
| Publisher | Doubleday, 1993 |
| ISBN | 0385467761, 9780385467766 |
| Length | 236 pages |
| Subjects | › › Detective and mystery stories Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths Gangs Gangs - England - London - Fiction Gangs/ England/ London/ Fiction London (England) London (England) - Fiction Women wrestlers Women wrestlers - England - London - Fiction Women wrestlers/ England/ London/ Fiction |
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