More humor, more drama, more danger, and more great writing in this edition of the great Miss Fortune series. I love the character growth with each book. Not just from Fortune, but most of the featured characters. Thumbs up.

I really enjoy this series as a whole, and this book was no exception.

I definitely wouldn't read this installment without reading the previous ones, because Fortune's going through a lot of life-changes right now. Last book she and Carter got back together right at the very end, but without really defining what that was going to be like. Now she's still trying to decide what she's going to to do with the rest of her life, having come to the conclusion that the CIA is no longer what she wants to do, but she's got the added hang up of not wanting to step on Carter's toes if she becomes a private detective, as well as worrying about staying in Sinful if she and Carter don't ultimately work out.

All these deeper concerns are underneath the much more fun and much more hilarious joyride of being in Sinful, with its whacky laws and whackier citizens. Celia is being worse than usual (Please, oh please let her get some kind of amazing comeuppance eventually... I don't think I've disliked a fictional character so much since Umbridge), there's a young man to save, a gater that is starting to think it's a dog, Ida's amazing menagerie of lies, and the usual mishaps the Swamp Team gang gets into whenever they're trying to solve a mystery. I love spending time in Sinful anyway, but with the deeper undercurrents to Fortune's life as well as the fate of the town (Celia as mayor?! *horrified gasp* get that audit done!), the books are incredibly satisfying on multiple levels. It's a light-hearted romp, but with some real meat to sink your teeth into as well.

I have now read the entire series and I am hooked, These stories are delightful, fun to read, funny, and the mysteries are well done. There could be a little more sexy without being overdone. The characters are well developed, and individual enough. easy to tell apart. Writing is flawless and editing is exceptional - - -buy them all !!

Fortune, Idabelle, and Gertie are so entertaining! Ready to start the next book in the series. I am sure it will not disappoint!

I posted a five star review after I read book one and now I have finished book 9 and moving onto 10. This series is so much fun, so entertaining and I can’t wait to read it every day. The characters are beautifully drawn and the plots are always well written with all kinds of fun and unexpected twists. And I am constantly laughing out loud! Especially at what Ida Belle and Gertie come up with to cover up the latest escapade!

I'm so glad this author and first book were mentioned in another book I was reading. You never know what to expect from the crew at Sinful. Well, that's not totally true. Fortune and the girls will be in the middle of things. Things will go eskew but they will figure things it out.

I read the reviews saying that it didn't move the story of Fortune/Carter/Sinful forward and a therefore didnt merit a high rating, but I disagree. I really like these characters and these books, however one aspect thats always bothered me is that this story is told in real time over a short period through multiple books. To me it's always made it feel as though it would be hard for anything revolutionary to happen since it hasn't even been a year in sinful. But this book feels like a potential pivot, a precipice and a game changer. It's the best inner dialog Fortune has had in several books. When I read the description I almost didn't read it, the plot line seemed boring - to go from solving major murders to catching poachers seemed like a lame draw down, but I was wrong. It was all the usual things, funny, charming, fast paced and easy plus the bonus of truely moving the story line...without actually moving the story.

Normally I wouldn't consider a little swamp romp a candidate for a 4-star rating, but this series has a niche of its own so I am letting it ride. The series is coming round the bend to a conclusion with more plotting and narrative skill than slapstick comedy to support the story. It's a nice development, with more mystery -and reptiles--taking up the duty to amuse. The ladies are no less funny than usual; the many other swamp dwellers are plausible secondary characters doing their bits to bring Sinful to life. Happily events are somehow less pressured in this episode as Fortune works to figure out where her life is going. It doesn't hurt that Gertie is ably assisted as top-clown by a seemingly domesticated, thieving alligator which she named Godzilla. His occasionally burlesque appearance is made less terrifying by walking on a leash, chasing Fortune through neighborhood yards and streets for reasons Woody Allen could have explained in his best stand-up (back in the day.) When logic would demand shooting the critter, it hisses at her, accepts pastry in lieu of flesh and blood--and the moment passes. That's how I am going to reduce the elements which add up to plenty of gator antics. Add a layer of danger with Ida Belle driving like a maniac and a deadly poacher on the loose, and this turn in Fortune' s adventures offers a fun light summer read.

The Miss Fortune series is hilarious from the first book to the most recent. Later Gator is no exception. Fortune, Gertie and Ida Belle get up to some pretty impressive shenanigans. Godzilla is a great addition to the crew

Cela faisait très longtemps que je ne m’étais pas autant amusée en lisant les aventures d'un agent secret.... J'en pleurais de rire, les personnages sont excellents et attachants. Tous. Lecture en anglais facile. L'histoire se tient. Du coup j'ai enchainé les 28 tomes. Je recommande à fond.

Ich habe in dieser Reihe inzwischen alle 10 Bücher gelesen und bin sehr begeistert, Die Bücher sind eine leichte Lektüre mit einem genialen Humor.

I love the miss fortune series. Gertie has me howling with laughter every time. If you love a series with plenty of action, a little mystery, some romance and a whole heap of laughs, then this is a series worth reading !! I can’t wait to read what happens next !!

Another brilliantly funny Fortune Redding mystery from Jana Deleon.

My whole family always eagerly awaits new releases from Jana and especially her Miss Fortune series Later Gator was another wonderful read.

Fortune is finding not just her feet in Sinful but a semblance of family as well let's hope after all her CIA stuff is finished she decides to make Sinful her forever home.

Ida Bell and Gertie are also back in hilarious form, Ida Bell has a new car and boy is it an awesome machine...lol and Gertie well let's just say if you see Gertie with darts in her hand DUCK.......lol

I love that Fortune and Carter are giving a relationship another go they seem perfect for each other and as far as a career for Fortune when she is ready I love the idea of a PI but also a Game Warden would be a great job for her to I could easily see her doing wither and working with Carter on cases.

This series keeps getting better and more entertaining I am looking forward to what happens next in Sinful.