Hit & Mrs.

Beloved and bestselling Cape Breton author Lesley Crewe’s novels are now available in bright and bold, smaller-format editions.

Linda, Bette, Gemma, and Augusta are four lifelong friends who live in Montreal. This year they’re all going to turn fifty, so they decide to take a trip to New York together (courtesy of Linda’s philandering husband’s Visa Platinum). But at the LaGuardia airport washroom, Bette accidentally switches bags with a young mother who’s actually smuggling diamonds for the mob, and things start going terribly wrong. When they kill an aggressive cab driver with pepper spray, the four friends know this is not going to be the trip of shopping and Broadway shows they’d expected.

A series of miscommunications and mishaps entangles the friends even further into the criminal underworld of New York. But out of all the bad luck (Linda’s husband is staying at the same hotel as the friends, with his new girlfriend) and bad people (mobsters, drug addicts, and Linda’s husband) emerge four fifty-year-old avengers of truth and justice. In the style of Crewe’s Shoot Me, Hit and Mrs. is a wildly entertaining comedic romp.

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This book follows Augusta, Bette, Gemma, Linda who are lifelong friends living in Montreal. This year, they're turning fifty years old, so they decide to take a trip together to New York to celebrate. But when Bette accidentally switches bags with a mother who's smuggling diamonds for the mob, things start going terribly wrong. This comedic read takes readers along the four friends’ wild journey.

This fast-paced read was very unique and different from other books I’ve read. It was a novel with an engaging plot with humorous characters. The most unique feature was the older age of the protagonists and other characters in this story. I'd never read a novel before where almost all the characters are above 50 years old. I found it creative, and it added an imaginative element to the book. Each page held something new to discover and an abundance of plot twists. At the start of the book, it was a little challenging to keep track of the information provided about the backgrounds of all the characters and other things. However, as the book went on, that wasn’t an issue and I enjoyed this light-hearted read. However, this book had too many explicit words for my liking.

The positive morals in this book included forging strong friendship bonds and being caring. This book also dealt with various serious issues, such as violence, abduction, murder, etc in a light-hearted manner. The descriptive language was also well-crafted. Readers can easily visualize scenarios, and it really helped the characters come alive. On the other hand, this book’s storyline was not realistic at all. It had many wild moments, and although I typically like fiction books that are more realistic, I enjoyed this book. I believe this is my third book by author Lesley Crewe, and I continue to enjoy her writing.

Overall, I found this book to be a fun read that I expect would be especially entertaining for readers around the same age as the protagonists. This book is a perfect read for those looking for an amusing, laugh-out-loud, mystery read.

I recommend this book.