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Hitch  
Author: Gerald Hammond
ISBN: 0727873997
Format: Handover
Publish Date: June, 2005
 
     
     
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From Booklist
Alice Dunwoodie has a flair for planning. Her friend Sarah is full of "innocent" charm. Recently, the two used their skills to carry out a burglary in which Alice's father also became involved. While the girls escaped, Mr. Dunwoodie wasn't so lucky and ended up in prison. Following this disaster and Mr. Dunwoodie's release, all three have vowed to "go straight." But when Mr. Dunwoodie accidentally intercepts a fax from pop singer Mona Lisa to a Scottish castle, reserving the site for her lavish wedding, he immediately sees possibilities. If the trio can convince Mona Lisa that they represent the castle, and if they can keep the castle in the dark about the upcoming wedding, and if they convince Mona Lisa to send hefty deposits for the wedding expenses directly into an anonymous bank account, then take off with the money . . . well, they could all be a lot richer with very little effort. Entertaining fare, with appealing characters, an imaginative plot, and cracking good action. Emily Melton
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Hitch

FROM THE CRITICS

Kirkus Reviews

A Scottish bonbon for all the couples who thought their nuptials were nightmares. Just before Robin Dunwoodie was released from prison, his friend Angus Castle happened to receive a misdirected e-mail from a bride asking rates for getting married at Angus Castle. And not just any bride either, but that well-known pop phenom Mona Lisa, who's secretly planning to wed Hollywood star Craig Arthur. Along with his daughter, Alice Dennison, Dunwoodie plots to turn his knowledge to advantage by replying as if he were in charge of booking Angus Castle, asking for deposits on the site and cash outlays on the food and wine, and running with the money before the secret becomes public knowledge. It's a nifty plan, fueled by Dunwoodie's avarice and his daughter's desire to stick it to the fairy-tale couple, but it's doomed before it starts by the fact that Dunwoodie isn't the only person who knows the secret; he isn't even the only person who knows he knows. Caught in a crossfire of threats between bigger, tougher, greedier criminals, Alice responds in the most unlikely way imaginable, by turning into a more or less bona fide wedding planner, and for a while readers may fear that the wedding will go off without a single felony. Not to worry: Veteran Hammond (The Snatch, 2003, etc.) provides just enough menace and malice to keep this caper from drifting from the crime rack to the shelves housing Modern Bride.

     



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