Live and Let Fry by Sue Williams
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is the third Cass Tuplin mystery, after “Murder with the Lot” and “Dead Men Don’t Order Flake” (I love those titles, and will definitely be putting them on my reading list).
Told in the first person, Cass narrates the story, and she’s a very entertaining character. Cass is the proprietor of the Rusty Bore Takeaway (hence the clever book titles) and the writing style is very much in the vein of Janet Evanovich’s “Stephanie Plum” series, but with a uniquely Australian flavour. I was laughing from the very first page.
Set in the fictional Victorian country town of Rusty Bore, “Live and Let Fry” begins with Cass’s friend, Vern, asking for her help in a case involving his new girl friend. Joanne Smith has just opened a bookshop in the neighbouring town of Sheep Dip, and someone has left a rather nasty surprise on her doorstep - a bag of dead rats.
Cass reluctantly agrees to look into it, but before she’s even really started, Joanne disappears. Vern is frantic - the love of his life is missing! Before long Cass discovers that Joanne may have been involved in a house fire which killed an old man, making her sudden disappearance very suspicious. Another private investigator turns up looking for Joanne. And then Cass finds a woman’s body in the river…
A bunch of birdwatchers, a would be hitman and dodgy developers all add up to a whole lot of trouble for Cass. And what has Mallee Environmental, Joanne’s former employer, got to do with the whole thing?
In the meantime, Cass’s policeman son, Dean, is going through a marriage breakup, which has not put him in a happy mood. Her younger son, Brad, who lives with Cass, is being very secretive and has somehow ended up with all his girlfriend’s ferrets. And Cass’s boyfriend, Leo, is in Bolivia and doesn’t look like he’s coming back any time soon.
It all comes together in a very satisfying way, but not before Cass puts herself in some serious danger.
This book really rollicked along and Cass is a brilliant character. She’s a mature woman with adult children but that doesn’t stop her from getting into mischief or from having a very attractive (if absent) boyfriend! The recurring characters are also very colourful and paint a rich picture of life in Rusty Bore.
I thoroughly recommend this book if you’re after a fun, entertaining read with plenty of action, and a main character you can really root for!
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My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is the third Cass Tuplin mystery, after “Murder with the Lot” and “Dead Men Don’t Order Flake” (I love those titles, and will definitely be putting them on my reading list).
Told in the first person, Cass narrates the story, and she’s a very entertaining character. Cass is the proprietor of the Rusty Bore Takeaway (hence the clever book titles) and the writing style is very much in the vein of Janet Evanovich’s “Stephanie Plum” series, but with a uniquely Australian flavour. I was laughing from the very first page.
Set in the fictional Victorian country town of Rusty Bore, “Live and Let Fry” begins with Cass’s friend, Vern, asking for her help in a case involving his new girl friend. Joanne Smith has just opened a bookshop in the neighbouring town of Sheep Dip, and someone has left a rather nasty surprise on her doorstep - a bag of dead rats.
Cass reluctantly agrees to look into it, but before she’s even really started, Joanne disappears. Vern is frantic - the love of his life is missing! Before long Cass discovers that Joanne may have been involved in a house fire which killed an old man, making her sudden disappearance very suspicious. Another private investigator turns up looking for Joanne. And then Cass finds a woman’s body in the river…
A bunch of birdwatchers, a would be hitman and dodgy developers all add up to a whole lot of trouble for Cass. And what has Mallee Environmental, Joanne’s former employer, got to do with the whole thing?
In the meantime, Cass’s policeman son, Dean, is going through a marriage breakup, which has not put him in a happy mood. Her younger son, Brad, who lives with Cass, is being very secretive and has somehow ended up with all his girlfriend’s ferrets. And Cass’s boyfriend, Leo, is in Bolivia and doesn’t look like he’s coming back any time soon.
It all comes together in a very satisfying way, but not before Cass puts herself in some serious danger.
This book really rollicked along and Cass is a brilliant character. She’s a mature woman with adult children but that doesn’t stop her from getting into mischief or from having a very attractive (if absent) boyfriend! The recurring characters are also very colourful and paint a rich picture of life in Rusty Bore.
I thoroughly recommend this book if you’re after a fun, entertaining read with plenty of action, and a main character you can really root for!
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