Proof of the Pudding [Paperback]

Phoebe Atwood Taylor (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 189 pages
• Publisher: Foul Play Press (March 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 088150193X
• ISBN-13: 978-0881501933
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,714,695 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Not a Holiday Mystery, May 27, 2005

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Lorraine Talbot (Winsted,, CT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Proof of the Pudding (Paperback)

While the pudding of the title is the plum pudding I associate with Christmas, this book is set in the fall.

The war is over and Asey Mayo has come home to Cape Cod bag and baggage. He arrives to a bake sale going on at his house to raise money to repair destruction wrecked upon the Cape by a recent hurricane.

Jenny, his cousin-housekeeper, sends him off to wander in the woods dressed in the business suit he was wearing to travel. He finds the body of a well-dressed young woman who turns out to be the daughter of a former enemy. Other people are about, sorting through the debris left by the storm. He chases someone, is chased himself and gets thrown into a muddy swamp. He even becomes the primary murder suspect. Soon he's cleared and free to detect by talking to the characters that people these books, a bitter writer, a love-lorn ex-Wac, a grouchy old lady, even a chubby eleven year old girl named Mildred, who all lead to the murder's solution. Oh, and he also had to contend with a sharp-clawed Siamese named Zanies. Shorter than most Atwood Taylor books (189 pgs), it makes a fun read for an evening's entertainment.