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A review by ofearna
Desert Cat by Garrison Allen
5.0
re-read 11/25/2012
Looking desperately for a hard-back (smaller than usual) version (probably ex-library)...
Well, apparently the first of the excellent "Big Mike" books, Desert Cat, is out of print. Imagine my surprise!
I 'discovered' Garrison Allen while visiting my grandmother in Australia. His style is hilarious. I know it sounds strange for me to laugh myself silly while reading a murder mystery, but I do.
Desert Cat was actually the fourth one I read and by the time I got it from the Clark County (Nevada) Library I was already hooked, but it's always fun to read the whole series and the first one tells the reader more about the recurring characters than the latter ones do.
Desert Cat involves the lady who believes she runs the town, but is actually quite disliked in the community, being found dead. Penelope and 'Big Mike' get involved when a posthumous message gets delivered to her bookstore, "Mycroft & Company."
Looking desperately for a hard-back (smaller than usual) version (probably ex-library)...
Well, apparently the first of the excellent "Big Mike" books, Desert Cat, is out of print. Imagine my surprise!
I 'discovered' Garrison Allen while visiting my grandmother in Australia. His style is hilarious. I know it sounds strange for me to laugh myself silly while reading a murder mystery, but I do.
Desert Cat was actually the fourth one I read and by the time I got it from the Clark County (Nevada) Library I was already hooked, but it's always fun to read the whole series and the first one tells the reader more about the recurring characters than the latter ones do.
Desert Cat involves the lady who believes she runs the town, but is actually quite disliked in the community, being found dead. Penelope and 'Big Mike' get involved when a posthumous message gets delivered to her bookstore, "Mycroft & Company."