An Almost Ordinary Housewife is a suspenseful, rather humorous tale surrounding Anta, a somewhat unstable housewife in Tacoma who finds herself in a situation in which she will play the center role in eliminating evil from the face of the earth by killing the Devil, among other tasks. As the reader follows Anta, there is a mixture of elements of characterization, scene and dialogue all fairly well to present an interesting and at times even compelling novel. The result is that the story effectively maintains the readeras interest and a good amount of intrigue.