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Twenty-two-year-old Imogene Duckworthy has been waiting tables at Huey's Hash in tiny Saltlick, TX, itching to jump out of her rut and become a detective. When Uncle Huey is found murdered in his own diner, a half-frozen package of mesquite-smoked sausage stuffed down his throat, Immy, an unwed mother who has always longed to be a PI, gets her chance to solve a real crime.
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2012 Agatha Award nominee for Best First Novel of 2011.
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Biography
Kaye George is a novelist and a short story writer whose story, HANDBASKETS, DRAWERS, AND A KILLER COLD, was nominated for a 2010 Agatha award. It can be found in the collection, A PATCHWORK OF STORIES, available on Amazon and Smashwords as an ebook, and Amazon and Createspace in trade paperback.
Her mystery novel, CHOKE, received a nomination for an Agatha Award for Best First Novel of 2011.
She reviews for "Suspense Magazine" and other articles occasionally appear in newsletters and booklets. Her short stories appear in several anthologies and around and about.
She and her husband live in Texas, near Waco.
Visit her webpage, KayeGeorge.com for more information. Or catch her at TravelsWithKaye.blogspot.com, her solo blog. She also joins other writers at AllThingsWriting.blogspot.com.
(Photo by Ron Whitfield of Hutto, TX)
Her mystery novel, CHOKE, received a nomination for an Agatha Award for Best First Novel of 2011.
She reviews for "Suspense Magazine" and other articles occasionally appear in newsletters and booklets. Her short stories appear in several anthologies and around and about.
She and her husband live in Texas, near Waco.
Visit her webpage, KayeGeorge.com for more information. Or catch her at TravelsWithKaye.blogspot.com, her solo blog. She also joins other writers at AllThingsWriting.blogspot.com.
(Photo by Ron Whitfield of Hutto, TX)
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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
By Kate George
Format:Paperback
Debut author, Kaye George, gives us a hilarious ride through SALTLICK, Texas - not Saltlike as printed on the jacket and in the description...I happen to like Saltlick better, and apparently so did Kaye!
Yes I understand the irony of me, Kate George, reviewing Kaye George, but wait until you hear this - we both write humorous mysteries, we're both at the same publishing house and we both write about single, female protagonists. How much stranger could it be?
We first meet Kaye's protagonist, Imogene Duckworthy, at her uncle's dinner in Saltlick, Texas, just as she's throwing in the towel. Immy has bigger dreams and she's leaving waitressing to become a private Eye. Okay, I know, it's supposed to be private I. As in private investigator. But I've always enjoyed the imagery that Eye brings up. After all they are looking for things, right? Never mind.
Imogene Duckworthy is all about breaking out of her rut and improving the life of her mother, her daughter and herself. But when Uncle Huey kicks the bucket and Immy is afraid that her mother is implicated in his demise she has to implement her plans on the run. Does that stop her? No way.
Choke is a dust devil of a ride through the Texas landscape of Immy's life. It's a fun, face paced first novel, packed with interesting characters and a surprise ending. Choke is great reading if you don't take your murders too seriously, and you like you stories action packed. I'm looking forward to reading more about Imogene Duckworthy, kudos Kaye, for giving me an enjoyable read.
Yes I understand the irony of me, Kate George, reviewing Kaye George, but wait until you hear this - we both write humorous mysteries, we're both at the same publishing house and we both write about single, female protagonists. How much stranger could it be?
We first meet Kaye's protagonist, Imogene Duckworthy, at her uncle's dinner in Saltlick, Texas, just as she's throwing in the towel. Immy has bigger dreams and she's leaving waitressing to become a private Eye. Okay, I know, it's supposed to be private I. As in private investigator. But I've always enjoyed the imagery that Eye brings up. After all they are looking for things, right? Never mind.
Imogene Duckworthy is all about breaking out of her rut and improving the life of her mother, her daughter and herself. But when Uncle Huey kicks the bucket and Immy is afraid that her mother is implicated in his demise she has to implement her plans on the run. Does that stop her? No way.
Choke is a dust devil of a ride through the Texas landscape of Immy's life. It's a fun, face paced first novel, packed with interesting characters and a surprise ending. Choke is great reading if you don't take your murders too seriously, and you like you stories action packed. I'm looking forward to reading more about Imogene Duckworthy, kudos Kaye, for giving me an enjoyable read.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Imogen Duckworthy - love the name - and her mother, the eccentric Hortense, go on the lam after being suspected of causing her Uncle Hugh's death by ramming a frozen sausage down his throat. Imogen's teenage dreams of becoming a private detective, ala Nancy Drew, appear to be within reach, aided by the purchase of old-style text books on solving crime. To Immy's delight, this ambition becomes a reality, when she is achieves an interview and then employment in a real private investigator's office. However, the experience is somewhat of a shock to Immy, who imagined she would be a fully qualified PI the first day of her employment.
Nothing daunted, she forges ahead with her investigation and the suspects mount up, as Ms Duckworthy tries various ways of avoiding the law, employing some dubious disguises.
Kay George's naive and likeable young female sleuth grapples - literally, in the case of the delectable Baxter and figuratively - with some rather seedy characters before all is revealed. Although I picked the murderer out early in the piece, I was mistaken by which of her suitors eventually wins Immy and her daughter, Drew.
Overall, a funny, energetic, good natured read, particularly for young women who will relate to Immy's outlook on life.
Nothing daunted, she forges ahead with her investigation and the suspects mount up, as Ms Duckworthy tries various ways of avoiding the law, employing some dubious disguises.
Kay George's naive and likeable young female sleuth grapples - literally, in the case of the delectable Baxter and figuratively - with some rather seedy characters before all is revealed. Although I picked the murderer out early in the piece, I was mistaken by which of her suitors eventually wins Immy and her daughter, Drew.
Overall, a funny, energetic, good natured read, particularly for young women who will relate to Immy's outlook on life.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By D. Love
Format:Paperback
Imogene's life goal is to be a detective and when her mother is arrested and jailed for her uncle's murder, Imogene decides to start her own investigation to clear their names. This quirky and humorous story will have you cheering for Immy as she inadvertently with her actions figures out who-dun-it. With an adorable cast including Imogene, her mother and her precious daughter and amusing dialogue, this pleasantly read story will have you yearning for more adventures with Imogene Duckworthy.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars
OK--but that's about it
Seemed pretty mundane. Don't know why it won any awards. Amateurish effort, but I'm a reader, not a writer, so try it yourself.
Published 4 months ago by Barbara Henk
5.0 out of 5 stars
Was, and Definitely deserved to be, an Agatha finalist
How can such an off-the-wall funny mystery be so well written? Beats me. Kaye, you have a touch for any author to admire, and for any reader to greatly appreciate! Read more
Published 9 months ago by Norma Huss
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fun and quirky
If you like off-beat mysteries, this one is for you. The characters are quirky and likable. The protagonist is a determined, young, single mother named Imogene living in a small... Read more
Published 11 months ago by punkyxzx
4.0 out of 5 stars
I Like Immy Duckworthy!
Imogene Duckworthy is truly a worthy sleuth of the amateur style. You get the sense that ever since she began to talk, read, and write, her rich imagination treasured all that... Read more
Published 20 months ago by L. Rigod
4.0 out of 5 stars
Lucille Ball + Inspector Clouseau = ?
Question: If you combined Lucille Ball with Inspector Clouseau, what would you get?
Answer: Imogene Duckworthy, amateur PI and main character of Kaye George's new... Read more
Answer: Imogene Duckworthy, amateur PI and main character of Kaye George's new... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Mary K. Waller
4.0 out of 5 stars
A good read
Imogen Duckworthy - love the name - and her mother, the eccentric Hortense, go on the lam after being suspected of causing her Uncle Hugh's death by ramming a frozen sausage down... Read more
Published 24 months ago by Diana M. Hockley
3.0 out of 5 stars
Read this book
Right from word one I was caught up in Immy's desire to be a detective.
The people who inhabit this book are individuals, each appealing in his or her way, even the underworld... Read more
The people who inhabit this book are individuals, each appealing in his or her way, even the underworld... Read more
Published 24 months ago by KB
More About the Author
Kaye George is a novelist, and a short story writer whose story, HANDBASKETS, DRAWERS, AND A KILLER COLD, was nominated for a 2010 Agatha award. It can be found in the collection, A PATCHWORK OF STORIES, available on Amazon and Smashwords as an ebook, and Amazon and Createspace in trade paperback.
She is agented by Kim Lionetti at BookEnds LLC.
The first mystery novel in the Imogene Duckworthy series, CHOKE, received a nomination for an Agatha Award for Best First Novel of 2011. It was followed by SMOKE and BROKE.
EINE KLEINE MURDER, the first in the Cressa Carraway Musical Mysteries was published by Barking Rain Press in the spring of 2013.
DEATH IN THE TIME OF ICE, the first in the People of the Wind Neanderthal Mysteries, is being published by Untreed Reads.
The first, as yet untitled, mystery in the FAT CAT cozy series, set in Minneapolis and featuring a pudgy but adorable cat named Quincy, debuts in 2014.
She reviews for "Suspense Magazine" and other articles occasionally appear in newsletters and booklets. Her short stories appear in several anthologies and around and about.
She and her husband live in Knoxville, TN.
Visit her webpage, KayeGeorge.com for more information. Or catch her at TravelsWithKaye.blogspot.com, her solo blog. She also joins other writers at http://makeminemystery.blogspot.com/.
(Photo by Ron Whitfield of Hutto, TX)
She is agented by Kim Lionetti at BookEnds LLC.
The first mystery novel in the Imogene Duckworthy series, CHOKE, received a nomination for an Agatha Award for Best First Novel of 2011. It was followed by SMOKE and BROKE.
EINE KLEINE MURDER, the first in the Cressa Carraway Musical Mysteries was published by Barking Rain Press in the spring of 2013.
DEATH IN THE TIME OF ICE, the first in the People of the Wind Neanderthal Mysteries, is being published by Untreed Reads.
The first, as yet untitled, mystery in the FAT CAT cozy series, set in Minneapolis and featuring a pudgy but adorable cat named Quincy, debuts in 2014.
She reviews for "Suspense Magazine" and other articles occasionally appear in newsletters and booklets. Her short stories appear in several anthologies and around and about.
She and her husband live in Knoxville, TN.
Visit her webpage, KayeGeorge.com for more information. Or catch her at TravelsWithKaye.blogspot.com, her solo blog. She also joins other writers at http://makeminemystery.blogspot.com/.
(Photo by Ron Whitfield of Hutto, TX)
