Later Gator by Jana DeLeon

"NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Jana DeLeon grew up in southwest Louisiana among the bayous and gators, an area that has been dear to her heart as evidenced by the setting of her Miss Fortune Mystery Series. DeLeon provides intermittent comic relief between pages filled with so much suspense that her reader finds it difficult to put the book aside. At the beginning of Later Gator, DeLeon encourages the reader to begin the series by reading Louisiana Longshot. However, if you have not done so, she provides the reader with a brief character description of the citizens of Sinful, Louisiana, as follows:“Fortune Redding – a CIA assassin with a price on her head from one of the world’s most deadly arms dealers. Because her boss suspects that a leak at the CIA blew her cover, he sends her to hide out in Sinful, Louisiana, posing as his niece, a librarian and ex-beauty queen named Sandy-Sue Morrow.“Ida Belle and Gertie – served in the military in Vietnam as spies, but no one in the town is aware of that fact except Fortune and Deputy LeBlanc. “Sinful Ladies Society – local group founded by Ida Belle, Gertie, and deceased member Marge. In order to gain membership, women must never have married, or if widowed, their husband must have been deceased for at least ten years......"

이번 작품에도 Nail it (전속력으로 나아가다, 합격하다) pull somebody's leg (놀리다) between a rock and a hard place (진퇴양난에 빠져서) keep somebody on somebody's toes (긴장하게 만든다, 사람 속을 뒤집어 놓는다) 같은 관용어구들이 등장한다. crocodile, trauma, finger, car, launch, protection, chase, poacher, painting, anonymous, game warden, set up, greedy, hermit, election, fishing, private detective 등의 단어가 작품을 이해하는 핵심어들인 거 같다. 내용은 심플한 편이지만 주요 등장인물들이 범인을 쫓는 과정이나 인물들 간의 재밌는 대화가 작품의 재미를 더해주는 거 같다. 처음부터 끝까지 미소 짓게 만드는 작품이다.