Twister
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Publisher Description
"Skillfully carries readers to a satisfying conclusion, Robin Light is an engaging amateur sleuth whom readers will look forward to meeting again."--Publishers Weekly
Full of hairpin turns and gritty, non-stop action, Twister marks the second appearance of Barbara Block's hip, outrageous redhead, Robin Light--an amateur sleuth with a soft spot for puppies, parakeets, bunnies and boas. . .and a knack for finding herself at the scene of the crime.
Robin is just getting Noah's Ark, her Syracuse pet shop, settled into its new digs after a disastrous fire when her old friend Lynn Gordon appears in her white linen suit and matching Jaguar to whisk Robin away to the wrong side of town. Robin figures she's just along for the ride. . .until Lynn is found kneeling over a dead body and confession to a crime Robin is certain she didn't commit.
As the city seethes--and temperatures climb--the crime trail twists and turns and finally heats up to reveal shocking ties to another murder. . .and Robin finds herself caught in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse. It is a game she intends to win. . .
If she survives long enough. . .
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This second outing (after Chutes and Adders) for Syracuse, N.Y.'s Robin Light is aptly named. But before the plot begins to turn, much of the fun comes from the 40-something, widowed pet-shop owner's supporting cast: an assistant with a shaved head; a teenage greaser-wannabe pal; a gruffly caring policeman friend; and the menagerie in her store. Trouble, however, comes from an old friend. When Robin agrees to ride along with glamorous, Jag-driving Lynn to "see this guy," she figures she's meant to provide moral support during another episode of Lynn's tumultuous personal life. But, after waiting too long in the car, she tracks Lynn--only to find her friend kneeling over a corpse whose face looks vaguely familiar. Robin herself is implicated when one of her business cards from her journalism days is found in the dead man's pocket. After linking the dead man to a sensational, eight-year-old murder, she wonders why he had her card and what Lynn has to do with him and, possibly, the older crime. It's a twister all right, but Block skillfully carries readers through the turbulence to a satisfying conclusion.
