Title: Honey West: Dig a Dead Doll
Author: G.G. Fickling
Cover artist: photo cover
Yours for: $11
Best things about this cover:
- Alliteration? Check. Hot girl with gun? Check. Ocelot? Check.
- Fencing in the foyer!
- The Honey West novels were first published before the TV series, then reissued as TV tie-ins like this one. The series was short lived. More here.
- This cover makes me sad, as I am sure that cat is drugged
Best things about this back cover:
- Grrrr. Seriously, grrr, taking this fucking leash off, lady.
- "Look, I give. You are very, very hot. I can't deny it. Now just put down the gun and dear god let the cat go already ..."
Page 123~
He shoved an elbow in my ribs. "Sí. There is no place better to hide a body, no?" His eyes slid down to my hips. "Speaking of bodies, it is a shame to hide yours."
"Thanks," I said, patting his swarthy cheek. "You're not so bad after all."
Non-threatening lecherous Mexicans who love word play = comedy gold.
~RP
6 comments:
I like the phrase "TV's private eyeful". But how could they possibly have dressed Anne Francis in a slinky black bodysuit and made her look little more than moderately attractive? I mean, I'm way too young to have had a major Anne Francis thing, but anyone who's seen Forbidden Planet knows she was much hotter. Given the apparent lack of ocelots in the books, I wonder if there is any fencing in this story. And G.G. Fickling sounds vaguely dirty.
Here's what IMDb has to say about the series:
"After the death of her father, sexy Honey West took over his high-tech private detective firm, assisted by rugged Sam Bolt and her pet ocelot Bruce."
You can't beat a TV series with an ocelot named Bruce.
I remember the television show (Honey was so very cool in her black cat suit), but I don't recall the ocelot. I've probably blocked that particular cruelty from my mind.
I remember hearing that Reese Witherspoon was supposed to be starring in a HONEY WEST feature film. It sounded like it was going to be more in the AUSTIN POWERS mold than the JAMES BOND - kinda glad it hasn't happened yet. Only it frightens me that one day they'll get around to making it with someone like Miley Cyrus in the lead.
I have a...um..."friend"...who says that some of the Honey West TV episodes might actually be available on the intarwebs...not that I would know anything about that...
I'm not saying that I don't like G.G. Fickling; it's just that I've never G.G. Fickled.
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