Live and Let Fry: A Rusty Bore Mystery
By (Author) Sue Williams
Text Publishing
The Text Publishing Company
30th April 2018
Australia
General
Fiction
Short-listed for Sisters in Crime Davitt Awards, Adult 2019 (Australia)
Paperback
304
Width 152mm, Height 231mm, Spine 30mm
404g
Feisty, forty-something and fearless, Cass Tuplin isn't exactly the Sherlock Holmes type. Yet as Rusty Bore's peer-appointed private investigator she just can't seem to avoid ending up in hot water. For Cass Tuplin, proprietor of the Rusty Bore Takeaway (and definitely not an unlicensed private investigator), it's weird enough that her neighbour Vern's somehow acquired a lady friend. But then he asks Cass to look into the case of the dead rats someone's dumped on Joanne's doorstep. She's barely started when Joanne goes missing, leaving hints of an unsavoury past. Then a private investigator from Melbourne turns up asking questions about Joanne's involvement in a fatal house fire - and before you can say 'unauthorised investigation' Cass is back on the case.
`This book is like going to visit your regional relatives and having a bunch of their friends pop by for a chat. Its comforting, slightly dishevelled, wildly entertainingLive and Let Fry is self-aware, observant, and with a fresh take on a crime hero, this is as irresistible as potato cakes after a swim. * Readings *
`Sue Williams is Australias answer to New Jerseys Janet Evanovich. * NZ Listener *
`Finely wrought and highly amusinga wonderful new series in the comedy crime genre. * Australian *
`Sue Williams has her recipe down pat: an engaging heroine with a sense of humour as dry as the landscape. * Adelaide Advertiser *
`There is no doubt about the value of escapist literature in a world fraught with so many seemingly intractable problems. This book unashamedly belongs to that escapist genre. There can scarcely be better therapy than to immerse oneself for a time in a world where good triumphs over evil and where there is the prospect of a happy ending. * ArtsHub *
`There are times in life when you just need something frivolous, fun and slightly tongue in cheek. Australian readers are lucky to have the Cass Tuplin series from Sue Williams to fulfil that need. * Aust Crime Fiction *
Sue Williams is the author of a crime series set in Rusty Bore, population 147. Sue was raised in country Victoria and hotly denies this provided any inspiration for her writing. She is a science and travel writer and a chartered accountant who also holds a PhD in marine biology. These days, Sue lives in Melbourne with her husband. Her previous two Cass Tuplin books are Murder with the Lot and Dead Men Don't Order Flake.