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From Publishers Weekly
Stewart "Hoagy" Hoag, the ghostwriter who often stumbles into celebrity murder (The Man Who Cancelled Himself), is trying to enjoy the quiet country life in Connecticut with ex-wife Merilee and their baby when trouble roars up on a motorcycle. It's Hoagy's old friend Thor Gibbs, a legendary author who began with the Beats and lately trades in male-backlash writing. Thor has run off with his wife's daughter, Clethra, a lovely but apparently empty-headed 18-year-old. Hoagy agrees to take them in and help Clethra write her stormy story. When Thor's body is found in a pond on Hoagy and Merilee's farm, suspicion falls on the abandoned wife, a pioneering feminist. Other suspects include Clethra's father, his gay lover, Clethra's other boyfriends and a crew of local rowdies. With help from two unlikely police allies, Hoagy finally gets face-to-face with the killer. Handler controls his material masterfully, delivering newsy verisimilitude and domestic repartee worthy of Nick and Nora Charles. Notable also is Lulu, Hoagy's possessive and intuitive basset hound, who almost steals the show from this thoroughly entertaining cast of characters.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
Unlike most formulas, this series does not begin with the discovery of a dead body. Instead, Handler grabs the reader's attention with an interesting premise. Famous 71-year-old author Thor Gibb leaves his equally famous feminist wife for her misguided 18-year-old daughter. To escape media attention, the pair drop in on series protagonist Stewart Hoag in Lyme, Connecticut; however, a murder upsets their plans. Hoag's wife and baby escape to New York, and Hoag and his long-suffering basset hound, Lulu, are left to solve the case. Good psychological depth, sharp wit, and a slow-moving but thoroughly satisfying plot.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Stewart "Hoagy" Hoag, the ghostwriter who often stumbles into celebrity murder (The Man Who Cancelled Himself), is trying to enjoy the quiet country life in Connecticut with ex-wife Merilee and their baby when trouble roars up on a motorcycle. It's Hoagy's old friend Thor Gibbs, a legendary author who began with the Beats and lately trades in male-backlash writing. Thor has run off with his wife's daughter, Clethra, a lovely but apparently empty-headed 18-year-old. Hoagy agrees to take them in and help Clethra write her stormy story. When Thor's body is found in a pond on Hoagy and Merilee's farm, suspicion falls on the abandoned wife, a pioneering feminist. Other suspects include Clethra's father, his gay lover, Clethra's other boyfriends and a crew of local rowdies. With help from two unlikely police allies, Hoagy finally gets face-to-face with the killer. Handler controls his material masterfully, delivering newsy verisimilitude and domestic repartee worthy of Nick and Nora Charles. Notable also is Lulu, Hoagy's possessive and intuitive basset hound, who almost steals the show from this thoroughly entertaining cast of characters.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
Unlike most formulas, this series does not begin with the discovery of a dead body. Instead, Handler grabs the reader's attention with an interesting premise. Famous 71-year-old author Thor Gibb leaves his equally famous feminist wife for her misguided 18-year-old daughter. To escape media attention, the pair drop in on series protagonist Stewart Hoag in Lyme, Connecticut; however, a murder upsets their plans. Hoag's wife and baby escape to New York, and Hoag and his long-suffering basset hound, Lulu, are left to solve the case. Good psychological depth, sharp wit, and a slow-moving but thoroughly satisfying plot.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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