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A Little Bit Sideways is a compilation of humorous essays that I've written over the last decade. Murphy's law tends to love me and my family (especially my mom), and it seems others find our foibles and bad luck quite entertaining...
"Imagine a combination of Lewis Black and Lewis Grizzard with a dash of Frank Cerabino. Add a female perspective on life, love, and what you really need to hear. That is A Little Bit Sideways. Victoria Landis tells it like it is in a hilariously honest way. A delight you will want to read often and share with others!" - Charles Todd, Co-Author of the Bess Crawford and the Ian Rutledge Mystery Series, and winner of the Mary Higgins Clark Award for The Shattered Tree. "Victoria Landis is the Erma Bombeck of our times. I've never laughed so hard while learning so much. Do you miss Seinfeld, the show about nothing? Well this book's for you. Landis' collection has hilarious (and informative) articles about life, the world, and everything in it. Once you start reading, you won't be able to stop." - Vincent H. O'Neil, Author of the Frank Cole Mysteries, Death Troupe, and The Sim Wars series. "Love this! Like having a great conversation with a treasured (and always-entertaining) friend, Victoria Landis is hilarious, wise, and brimming with insight. You'll smile from the first word-and these wonderfully observant and witty essays prove Landis is a terrific new voice in humor." - Hank Phillippi Ryan - Agatha, Anthony, and Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning author. |
Alias: Mitzi & Mack is a crime dramedy set in South Florida. The idea for this book came from a scandalous conversation I overheard at the Century Village pool in West Palm Beach.
Shirley and Stanley Nowack retired to South Florida expecting to live out their days playing mah-jongg and golf. Cue the worst recession since the 1930s. Their already meager investments take a big hit. Determined not to spend their remaining years sleeping on park benches, they find jobs. Menial ones. They're over 70 and fortunate to have those. But bad luck and deeper troubles soon hit hard, and this rule-following, white-bread, average couple hatches a plan to save their home and return them to days of leisure. There's just one catch. If they get caught, they'll go to jail. "Alias: Mitzi & Mack is a wonderfully entertaining story, a well-constructed, fast-paced screwball comedy that is reminiscent of such classics as It Happened One Night, Some Like It Hot, and The Philadelphia Story - but with a racier plot line and a razor-sharp assessment of love, lust, marriage, and money in the iPhone era. Ms. Landis is in control of the story from beginning to end, weaving characters and story lines effectively and effortlessly, creating a wonderful tension that had me totally invested and more than a bit concerned about the fate of Stanley and Shirley Nowack, a happily married retired couple living comfortable in Florida until their finances take a terrible turn for the worst, and they are forced to veer off the straight and narrow road in a desperate attempt to hold on to all they've worked, scrimped, and sacrificed for. Alias is often laugh-out-loud funny with a menagerie of well-drawn characters and supporting players and dialog that crackles. Once the wheels are set in motion, this book becomes a true page-turner. For me, there is nothing more fun and exciting than discovering a new artist, musician, or in this case-author-and believe me, Victoria Landis is a gifted, funny, immensely talented writer who deserves a wider audience and recognition." - John Hartnett - Humorist, stand-up comic, author of The Monkey Bellhop blog, & The Barber's conundrum |
Blinke It Away is a suspense novel set on oahu, where I lived for twelve years. Lauded for its authentic grasp of the local Hawaiian culture, Blinke It Away takes the reader into the everyday bustle of ordinary life in Hawaii and shows the reality far from the staging presented to tourists.
It's an idyllic day on Oahu until Bess Blinke interrupts a bizarre robbery that turns into a homicide. In the following days, she discovers terrible secrets tied to the crime, and her world unravels. When the killer realizes the depth of what Bess knows and makes her a target, she escapes and plots to reveal the truth and expose the brutal force behind several murders. Blinke It Away was chosen as a Reviewer's Pick on BookRooster.com for its consistently high ratings. 65 Reviews - 36 5-Star, 28 4-Star, & 1(One) 3-Star. "Victoria Landis delivers a skillfully crafted page-turner with Blinke It Away. Vivid exotic settings and compelling characters come together in an engaging mystery that demands to be read in one sitting. Not to be missed." - Joe Moore - International Best-Selling Co-Author of the Phoenix Apostles "I couldn't wait to get home to read more of Blinke It Away. Forget the chores; you'll want to sit down until you finish the story. Five stars!" - Nancy J. Cohen - Author of the Bad Hair Day Mysteries |