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 117
'I thought she'd want a drink later.' Blokes like him take it for granted women will
want what they want. 'She ain't here,' I said. 'Tell her I asked,' he said, without a
please or thank you. Which is typical. 'Tell her yourself,' I said and shut the door.
'I thought she'd want a drink later.' Blokes like him take it for granted women will
want what they want. 'She ain't here,' I said. 'Tell her I asked,' he said, without a
please or thank you. Which is typical. 'Tell her yourself,' I said and shut the door.
Page 158
I stood with my back to him. And let me tell you, posing for an artist sucks. Being
stared at ain't my idea of a fun Friday night out, and my legs started aching after
only ten minutes. I never would've thought standing still could be so tiring - but it
is ...
I stood with my back to him. And let me tell you, posing for an artist sucks. Being
stared at ain't my idea of a fun Friday night out, and my legs started aching after
only ten minutes. I never would've thought standing still could be so tiring - but it
is ...
Page 235
She would tell them, and they would believe her. People always believed
Simone. 'Simone!' I said. 'Tell them. Tell them.'' But she never got a chance to tell
them because Mrs Redman rushed up the stairs. She said, 'Never mind, darling.
We're ...
She would tell them, and they would believe her. People always believed
Simone. 'Simone!' I said. 'Tell them. Tell them.'' But she never got a chance to tell
them because Mrs Redman rushed up the stairs. She said, 'Never mind, darling.
We're ...
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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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