Archive for the ‘Amateur Detective’ Category

SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE by Alan Bradley

It is 1950. At Buckshaw, her family’s old country estate, wronged Flavia de Luce is out for vengeance and poison is her weapon of choice. This eleven-year-old British girl, whose passion is unquestionably “the central science,” has access to a thoroughly outfitted lab, and plenty of plants in the garden from which to distill gleaming liquids of wicked retribution.

April 28, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Amateur Detective, Debut Novel, Humorous, United Kingdom, murder mystery  No Comments

A DATE YOU CAN’T REFUSE by Harley Jane Kozak

A DATE YOU CAN’T REFUSE is the fourth novel from author Harley Jane Kozak to feature serial dater, minor TV celebrity, and “alternative” greeting card designer, Wollie Shelley. Laugh-out-loud funny, this hilarious novel follows Wollie’s blunders as she attempts to lead a double life. SEE AUTHOR INTERVIEW, as well!

April 26, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Amateur Detective, California, Humorous  No Comments