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She signed up to sell homes for the rich and famous. She didn’t realize they’d be mobsters, murderers, and mad hatters.

Stunned when her husband of two decades requested a divorce on Mother’s Day, the nearly broke and newly single Nico Griffith shook off the shock and dove into the heartless job market with gritty determination. Finding a fit for her maverick personality in the wacky world of real estate, she never imagined she’d become a sympathetic ear for clients to confess their deeds of love… and murder.

Changing names to protect the guilty, Griffith has crafted a laugh-out-loud memoir that

contains surprising insights into the tough grind of real estate sales.  As this true-life dark comedy unfolds, you’ll delight in the absurdities of this behind-the-scenes romp while cheering for the hapless star and her sisterhood of agents known as the Fab Five.

In Pandora’s Lockbox, you’ll be enthralled by:

 – A frightening confrontation with a sharp-toothed, fifteen-foot-long pet

 – A homicidal Southern belle’s sobbing request to be led away in handcuffs

– The new girl who encounters aggressive flashers and oodles of loose snakes while trying to make a sale

– A captivating Texan whose love would change Nico’s life forever

– After-hours anecdotes in endless whirlwinds of intrigue and romance, mind-bending client calls from behind bars, and much, much more!

Pandora’s Lockbox is one woman’s tell-all account of an award-winning career in real estate. If you like determined heroines, jaw-dropping surprises, and underdog success stories, then you’ll laugh, cry, and adore Nico Griffith’s educational entertainment.

Table of Contents

  • Title Page
  • Acknowledgements
  • Table of contents
  • Introduction to Pandora’s Lockbox
  • Prologue
  1. Nico’s Story
  2. Fog a Mirror, Get a Job Selling Real Estate
  3. Granny Bleep Incorporated
  4. The Mistress of Accessories
  5. Krista and Fat Albert
  6. The Million Dollar Club
  7. Teen For a Day, Prostitute for a Week
  8. Homeless Man Buys a Million Dollar Home
  9. The Wicked Witch from Nowhere
  10. Selling Real Estate by Bus
  11. A Life-Altering Kiss
  12. Sundowner I – Why Agents Drink
  13. Mommy Look, There’s a Naked Man
  14. An Affair To Remember In D.C.
  15. My Client Is A Pervert
  16. Spiders and Snakes Are Not My Friends
  17. An Accomplice To Murder Number Two
  18. More of the Wicked Witch
  19. Marci’s Last Day in Real Estate
  20. Miriam’s Soap Opera Life
  21. Sundowners II – More of Why Agents Drink
  22. When the Wrong House is the Right House
  23. One Black Dog, Two Psychos
  24. The Day My Toenails Fell Off
  25. A Deathbed Promise
  26. The Return of Robert Redford
  27. The $41,000 Flush
  28. Collect Call from Los Colinas Women’s Prison
  29. The Return of Robert Redford – Part II
  30. Sundowners II – More Why Agents Drink
  31. The Mayor’s Ghost
  32. The Unwritten Dead People Rule
  33. Murrieta Hot Springs Caper
  34. From Model to Model Prisoner
  35. The Nail Lady and The Billionaire
  36. Happiness Comes Before Heartbreak
  37. From Tequila Sunrise to Hangover Sunset
  38. Bonus – What Made A Grown Man Cry
    • The Heaven’s Gate mass suicide was years later, but the story was so compelling, I decided to include it.

  • So, You Want To Be An Agent – Reality Quiz
  • Glossary of Real Estate Vocabulary

Publication Information

ISBN-13: 978-1-7377199-4-6
Paperback: 284 Pages

Published: First Ed. 2022;
Available in: ENGLISH

Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Lolo Press