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 21
It's got to happen because everyone says blood's thicker than water. For the
same reason, I know that Simone is looking for me. She has to be. And she won't
find me unless she finds Ma first, because a lot has happened to me since we last
...
It's got to happen because everyone says blood's thicker than water. For the
same reason, I know that Simone is looking for me. She has to be. And she won't
find me unless she finds Ma first, because a lot has happened to me since we last
...
Page 88
The only hope was the door. I went back to it and tried again. I hauled up on the
handle in case the bottom was jammed. It wasn't. I was sweating like live pork in
a sauna. I couldn't understand what was happening. The door had opened so ...
The only hope was the door. I went back to it and tried again. I hauled up on the
handle in case the bottom was jammed. It wasn't. I was sweating like live pork in
a sauna. I couldn't understand what was happening. The door had opened so ...
Page 96
'Tell me what happened last night?' she asked. She settled back in the sofa all
curled up like a kitten. How do you tell a kitten you just blasted her ex-boyfriend to
buggery? Go on, you tell me. 'What happened?' she asked again. 'This morning ...
'Tell me what happened last night?' she asked. She settled back in the sofa all
curled up like a kitten. How do you tell a kitten you just blasted her ex-boyfriend to
buggery? Go on, you tell me. 'What happened?' she asked again. 'This morning ...
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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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