5-STAR REVIEW: STILETTOS AND SNIPER RIFLES by Gail Koger

Deputy Gemma Stone: Book 1
Publication Date: August 10, 2023

I’ve been a Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputy for four years. Most folks don’t have a clue about what a cop deals with every day. Like a pack of attack chihuahuas, a monkey with a bad case of diarrhea, a hungry python, a Brahma bull named Bodacious and a six-foot iguana.

And that is just the critters. Now let me tell you about the two-legged varmints. Such as a three-hundred-pound biker who got a bit irate when I zapped him with a stun gun, or a murderous nun, and let’s not forget the senior citizens having an orgy. Ugh.

My personal life isn’t much better.  Off duty I’m a ballroom dancer which everyone makes fun of.  I love competitive dancing; I get to meet a lot of people who aren’t trying to kill me. Ok, there was one incident, but hey, shit happens. At a dance competition Detective Sergeant Dante Delgado waltzed into my life. My girly parts yelled yee-haw, he’s the one. Now, if I can only get him to do the tango with me.

Law enforcement isn’t for the fainthearted. Are you brave enough to enter my world?

As a sheriff’s deputy, Gemma Stone deals with all sorts of criminals. Step into her shoes for one day, and not only does she dodge bullets and wrangle snakes, she likely sets a record for visits to the emergency department.

Stilettos & Sniper Rifles is a side-splitting tale featuring Stone and her fierce family of crime fighters. Author Gail Koger delivers an action-packed story packed with attack chihuahuas, a murderous nun, and a nightmare ballroom dance partner.

Gemma’s character is full of vitality. Not only is she an ace shooter, but she tends to attract danger. Bringing her together with Dante creates plenty of chemistry.

However, before she can explore the attraction, she has to take on some local bad guys who think she has their gold. It’s going to take drones and raging bull for the Stone family and their friends to ferret out the criminals.

Stilettos & Sniper Rifles delivers a fantastic story, a fun batch of characters, and a villain named Ichabod. What’s not to like about that?

I was a 9-1-1 dispatcher for the Glendale Police Department and to keep from going totally bonkers – I mean people have no idea what a real emergency is. Take this for example: I answered, “9-1-1 emergency, what’s your emergency?” And this hysterical woman yelled, “My bird is in a tree.” Sometimes I really couldn’t help myself, so I said, “Birds have a tendency to do that, ma’am.” The woman screeched, “No! You don’t understand. My pet parakeet is in the tree. I’ve just got to get him down.” Like I said, not a clue. “I’m sorry ma’am but we don’t get birds out of trees.” The woman then cried, “But… What about my husband? He’s up there, too.” See what I had to deal with? To keep from hitting myself repeatedly in the head with my phone I took up writing.

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