Wicked Business (2012) (edit title/settings)

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• Lizzy Tucker: Baker, and reluctant finder of objects with special properties
• Mrs. Weintraub: Customer at Dazzle's Bakery
• Carl: Monkey--hangs out with Diesel
• Nina Wortley: Owner of Ye Olde Exotica Shoppe.
• Monroe Tichy: Child of Pedar Tichy. Showed J. Lovey true love.
• John Lovey: Sonnet writer, contemporary of Van Gogh.
• Peder Tichy: 1790-1862, Danish geologist and paleontologist. Harvard professor.
• Mortimer Sandman: Morty is the Sandman and keeps running away from his son. Puts people to sleep and robs them.
• Mindy Smith: Diesel's assistant.
• Shakespeare: Famous English author of plays and sonnets.
• Gloria (Glo) Binkly: Counter assistant at Dazzie's bakery and wannabe wizard
• Van Gogh: Famous Painter-cover of J. Lovey's book resembles a Van Gogh painting.
• William M. Butterfield: Designer of a house on Joy St. called The Key House.
• Miss Snowball: Gail's Champion white cat.
• Abner Goodfellow: John Lovey's most ardent follower. Left a diary which was in Reedy's possession.
• Charles Duane: Name in the Van Gogh painting. Rector of Old North Church 1893-1911. First rector to have the church bells refurbished and had a small replica bell made for himself.
• Sharon Gordon: One of Reedy's True Love Seekers. A librarian who likes Nora Roberts, s'mores, and penguins.
• Mr. Nelson: Customer at Dazzle's Bakery. Buys 45 strawberry cupcakes every week for a lunch meeting at the boat club. Also buys 45 pretzel rolls.
• Bruno: Dog that chases Lizzy and Diesel
• Cassandra McGinty: One of Reedy's True Love Seekers, Lives in Lynn and waits tables at a restaurant in Salem. Big-breasted.
• Indiana Jones: Fictional adventurer. His predicaments are mentioned a couple times by various charcters.
• Ann: Reedy described her as the key to the puzzle to Sharon.
• Gilbert Reedy: Harvard professor, deceased. Taught Elizabethan literature. Allergic to cats.
• Deirdre Early: One of Reedy's True Love Seekers. Lives in Boston. Contains lots of negative energy. Heiress to the Early Candy fortune.
• Cat7143: Cat rescued from a shelter by Glo. Lives with Lizzy. Short hair, tiger stripes. Often just called Cat.
• Josh Sidwell: Bellringer at Old North Church.
• Broom: Glo attempted to put a happy spell on Broom; it didn't work.
• Julie Brodsky: Reedy's grad student.
• Anarchy: "Beast" according to Hatchet. Opposition to Wulf and Diesel.
• Clarinda Dazzle: Owner of Dazzle's bakery, employer of Lizzy and Glo. Often called Clara.
• Harry Potter: Fictional wizard--Glo read the book series and it inspired her to try wizardry.
• Gerwulf Grimoire (Wulf): rather attractive less-than-good guy
• Gerald Belker: Owner of a house on Louisburg Square, president of Belker Extrusion, owner of a Van Gogh painting.
• Diesel: charming, lovable rogue and reluctant good guy. Charged with keeping Wulf from getting all the stones. Able to unlock anything.
• Gail Danko: One of Reedy's True Love Seekers. A nurse. Lives in Lynn. Has a Champion white cat that she breeds.
• Steven Hatchet: has sworn allegiance to Wulf, dresses in renaissance gear, has abilities similar to Lizzie's.
• Carl Stork: Author of a book and paper on the Luxuria Stone.
• Miriam Lovey: Possible sonnet writer, was suspected of witchcraft but disappeared before the trial, accused of inspiring inappropriate desires in men.
• Daniel Crowley: An alias--claims to be a cousin of Reedy's.
• Cat: a one eyed wonder. seems to understand and is very faithful to Lizzie,. Puts up with Carl, the monkey, but doesn't like him at all

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• “"Don't you have a date tonight? " "No. He called to say he was being detained, and I didn't have enough money to bail him out. I never bail someone out on the first date anymore. Been there, done that."”

  Lizzy and Glo

• “This day doth suck.”

  Hatchet

• “"How about life? Do you have an opinion on life? What do you value?" "Honor, duty, sex, and the NFL. Not necessarily in that order."”

  Lizzy and Diesel

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Boston: Home of Early-Diesel and Lizzy visit there.
• Salem: City where Lizzy Tucker lives.
• Marblehead: Tucker's house, inherited from great aunt Ophelia, has a view of this harbor.
• Cambridge: Diesel and Lizzy visit here to see Reedy's grad student.
• Louisburg Square: Reedy visited someone here whom he believed had an object that held the next clue to the location of the Luxuria stone.
• Old North Church: Church in Boston's north end--Lizzy and Glo go her following clues.
• Beacon Hill: A Boston neighborhood.
• Dartmouth College: Located in Hanover, New Hampshire. Has a Sphinx tomb on its property.

Organizations edit see section history

• Dazzle's Bakery: Tucker's employer
• Unmentionables: A loosely knit group of humans who have abilities beyond the ordinary.
• Ye Olde Exotica Shoppe: Nina's store
• True Love Seekers/Key Seekers: Reedy's term for four women he chose off a dating site because he felt they were looking for true love.
• Boston Society of Natural History: Members included Malcolm Key and William M. Butterfield. Possible member or associate was Monroe Tichy. One of the members of this society had the unique ability to be able to energize objects in such a way that messages would only be revealed in the presence of another type of energy.
• Sphinx: Secret society founded at Dartmouth College in 1885. In 1903 this group erected a Sphinx tomb designed by Butterfield on Wheeling Street on Dartmouth's campus.
• Alpha Delta: Fraternity (at Dartmouth) with house next to the Sphinx tomb. Said to be the inspiration for the movie Animal House. Another rumor says there's a secret tunnel that leads to the Sphinx tomb within their frat house.

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Glossary edit see section history

• Stones of SALIGIA: Seven ancient stones that hold the power of the seven deadly sins. If combined in the same vessel, it results in bad juju.
• Lovey key: Small key like for a diary with elaborate engraving of vines. There is an L inscribed in the middle of the vines. Opens a book of sonnets that Glo aspired to buy.
• luxuria: Latin for lust, one of the seven deadly sins.
• superbia: Latin for one of the seven deadly sins.
• acedia: Latin for one of the seven deadly sins.
• Ira: Latin for one of the seven deadly sins.
• Gula: Latin for one of the seven deadly sins.
• Invidia: Latin for one of the seven deadly sins
• Avaritia: Latin for one of the seven deadly sins.

Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

• 7 Deadly Sins: Legend holds that special stones hold the powers of the 7 deadly sins. This book focuses on the sin of lust.

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Wicked Appetite.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Janet Evanovich (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: PS3555.V2126W54 2012
• Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Suggestive (but mostly non-graphic) lust scenes, Glo reports that Hatchet cut her with a knife while he held her prisoner and that he showed her many knives that he'd been collecting since he was 7 years old, co-habitation, Diesel and Lizzy steal articles important to their quest using the euphemism borrowing them--though the articles are instructed to be returned by DIesel's assistant the reader never sees that they are.

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Romance › Fantasy, Futuristic & Ghost
• Books › Literature & Fiction

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