Spying in High Heels

By: Gemma Halliday

Narrated by: Caroline Shaffer

Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins

Publisher's summary

LA shoe designer Maddie Springer lives her life by three rules: Fashion. Fashion. Fashion. But when she stumbles upon the work of a brutal killer, her life takes an unexpected turn from Manolos to murder. And things only get worse when her boyfriend disappears - along with $20 million in embezzled funds - and her every move is suddenly under scrutiny by the LAPD's sexiest cop. With the help of her postmenopausal bridezilla of a mother, a 300-pound psychic, and one seriously oversexed best friend, Maddie finds herself stepping out of her stilettos and onto the trail of a murderer. But can she catch a killer before the killer catches up to her?

©2010 Gemma Halliday (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

Very fun listen

Any additional comments?

Very humorous story about an average girl who finds herself thrown into a who dunnit mystery, while she is trying to prove her boyfriend is innocent. It is similar to a Stephanie Plum mystery, where all the bad things happen to Maddie and she is the only one on the right trail. The wittiness of the characters is fun to read and the story moves along at a great pace..... I am going to purchase the next book today.

Entertaining

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I liked this book. It was light and entertaining. I liked the pace of the narrator, the characters and the humor.

Book Offers A Little Romance & A Little Suspense

What did you like best about Spying in High Heels? What did you like least?

Spying in High Heels offers a light suspense story with a little romance. The story was not intense enough for me.

Would you be willing to try another book from Gemma Halliday? Why or why not?

Probably not. This book was a good deal for $4.95, but I wouldn't spend a full credit on another Gemma Halliday.

Did Caroline Shaffer do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

The voices weren't unique enough to enhance character development.

Do you think Spying in High Heels needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

It doesn't.

Shades of Stephanie Plum

What did you like best about Spying in High Heels? What did you like least?

It was entertaining. Not very challenging, but humorous

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

Not really surprising, a bit predictable. But overall, an entertaining listen

What aspect of Caroline Shaffer’s performance would you have changed?

She's ok......

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

Probably not.

What a fun book...a light "read"!

Perfect series of books for the long commute. Humorous...O definitely laughed more than a few times.

Could have been fun

Story was a good idea. Narration was good. I found I really started to resent that she seemed to be horny all the time and blonde and dumb. Felt too stereotypical. So 3 stars.

unexpected

Would you listen to Spying in High Heels again? Why?

I plan on listening to the whole series. I really like the protagonist. She is not a whiner or helpless.She manages to try to work out her jams herself but is smart enough to know that she is in over her head. A little like Stephanie Plum I found myself laughing out loud.

Fun, quirky, bazaar main protagonist

Maddie, an almost 30 year old shoe designer, has more strange things happen to her than any other main character I've ever read. The author has developed her into a real ditzy stereotypical blond who doesn't really know what she wants. Though at times she lets the character show some depth, mostly Maddie stumbles thru life making mistake after mistake. Theres no way this is real life romance or frame..it's slapstick comedy and totally light listening-nothing else.

I bought these for my thirty something daughter who enjoys this kind of writing a lot more than I do-though I listened to the first 2 books in the series I'm not sure I'm good for any more.

I gave this a 3 star for Story and for Overall and 4 for performance because I think Caroline Shaffer does very well with accents and bringing out the strange personalities of Maddie and the secondary characters. They are a totally strange group-from Mom to Maddies friends to Moms friends. The main romantic character, Ramirez, is written fairly cardboardy-with all the overblown characters personalities I don't understand how Ramirez can be such a Joe Friday kind of cop.

Ah well...daughter enjoyed them and she bought them (we share an audible account).

Could be that if you like classic books, or literary writing you won't be able to take much of Maddie. If you like snappy dialog and bazaar plot lines Maddies antics are right up your line. In any case, a real chick lit. book. Guys would likely go crazy with this plot line.

To each her own.

Entertaining and Fun

I'm a firm believer in ratings should reflect the genre and overall experience when listening to a book. People pick chick flick mysteries and expect serious stories, dumb. This story is fun, sweet, calamity Jane in heels story. I honestly thought I knew the murderer, but was wrong. It wasn't heavy on romance, but maybe further into the series will pick up.

Narration was good, but I hated the Russian voices and not the best male voices. Still a solid narrative.

I'd recommend this if your in the mood for a fun entertaining mystery.

Very Cute and Fun

Where does Spying in High Heels rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Look there's no major meaning of life here in this book. It's just a fun escape and fun read (listen). So ranking it among other books isn't fair as that is not the point of this book. As far as ranking it with other beachy, nice, cozy mysteries? Well then this book is great at the top of the list in the genre. It is what it is. When you want a fun escape with a wild ride this is your book.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Spying in High Heels?

Ramirez...everything Ramirez and especially his family.

Which scene was your favorite?

Ramirez family.

Who was the most memorable character of Spying in High Heels and why?

Ramirez...he's the sexy bad-boy cop...need I say more?

Any additional comments?

Nothing disturbing in this book. You won't cry or be sad from this. You will only come away entertained and with a few great laughs. The characters are all very fun. I love them all.