Gin and Panic
A Discreet Retrieval Agency Mystery
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- 115,00 kr
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- 115,00 kr
Utgivarens beskrivning
“Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets—and has a high old time doing it! So will you.”—Ann B. Ross, New York Times bestselling author of the Miss Julia series
Former socialite Lola Woodby is now struggling to make ends meet as a not-so-discreet private eye in Prohibtion-era New York City, along with her stern Swedish sidekick, Berta. When they’re offered a piece-of-cake job—retrieving a rhinoceros trophy from the Connecticut mansion of big game hunter Rudy Montgomery—it seems like a no-brainer. After all, their client, Lord Sudley, promises them a handsome paycheck, and the gin and tonics will be plentiful and free. But no sooner do they arrive at Montgomery Hall than Rudy is shot dead.
When the police arrive to examine the scene, they conclude that Rudy had actually committed suicide. But Lord Sudley can’t believe his friend would have done that, and there’s a houseful of suspicious characters standing by. So Lord Sudley ups the ante for Lola and Berta, and suddenly, their easy retrieval job has turned into a murder investigation. Armed with handbags stuffed with emergency chocolate, gin flasks, and a Colt .25, Lola and Berta are swiftly embroiled in a madcap puzzle of stolen diamonds, family secrets, a clutch of gangsters, and plenty of suspects who know their way around a safari rifle.
Gin and Panic is the next jaunty, compelling Discreet Retrieval Agency mystery from beloved crime writer Maia Chance.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The charming third cozy featuring former New York socialite and current PI Lola Woodby (after 2016's Teetotaled) gets off to a slow start, but Chance strikes the perfect tongue-in-cheek tone for this frolic through Prohibition-era society. Eustace, Lord Sudley, hires Lola's Discreet Retrieval Agency to fetch a mounted rhinoceros head from a palatial Connecticut residence during a weekend gathering. When the party's host dies of a gunshot wound, Sudley rejects the verdict of suicide and asks Lola and her Swedish cook-turned-sidekick, Berta Lundgren, to undertake a murder investigation. A cache of uncut diamonds, a legendary ghost, and an illicit oyster-harvesting operation complicate a wild plot, in which the women find themselves pursued by New York gangsters, lovelorn men, and a ruthless killer. Berta's quiet common sense offers a foil for the often hapless Lola, and subplots involving dashing private detective Ralph Oliver and Sudley should satisfy readers who enjoy romance with their mystery.