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 40
She started yelling, 'Get your filthy hands off me,' and, 'Bastards, you're all
bastards.' And then the polizei came boogieing in. This was actually funny. There
we all were, expecting trouble from the crowd, and what we got was the law.
She started yelling, 'Get your filthy hands off me,' and, 'Bastards, you're all
bastards.' And then the polizei came boogieing in. This was actually funny. There
we all were, expecting trouble from the crowd, and what we got was the law.
Page 122
I put my hand on the phone to cut her call off. 'Don't,' I said. 'Don't. It's too late.'
She hit my hand with the receiver. 'Go away,' she said, very steady, very clear. I
backed off. 'Go awayV I went to our table and watched from there. She had the ...
I put my hand on the phone to cut her call off. 'Don't,' I said. 'Don't. It's too late.'
She hit my hand with the receiver. 'Go away,' she said, very steady, very clear. I
backed off. 'Go awayV I went to our table and watched from there. She had the ...
Page 166
Armour Protection had taken a terrible whacking. There was only one good thing
about it - this was Saturday and there was no one in the yard to see what had
happened. Some of the second-hand dealers would come in at about nine, but
they ...
Armour Protection had taken a terrible whacking. There was only one good thing
about it - this was Saturday and there was no one in the yard to see what had
happened. Some of the second-hand dealers would come in at about nine, but
they ...
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BUCKET NUT
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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