DEATH of a COUPON CLIPPER by LEE HOLLIS

"The authors have done it again - laughed out loud several times! If you like a good murder/mystery combined with camp sharp wit, read on" "This might be my favorite Hayley Powell so far. It's definitely been the funniest one I've read. I found myself laughing out loud a lot more than usual. Poor old Hayley couldn't cut a break in this book. It was February, snowing and her kids were with their dad. All that unfun stuff and her luck went from bad to worse in just a few days' time from a collapsed garage and dead furnace to finding her competitor on the extreme couponing show dead in the woman's driveway. Hayley always makes the best of a situation, and it was just one hilarious scene after the other. There was an interesting side mystery involving the wealthy Hollingsworth family where Hayley's current guy friend Lex works. I never saw the killer coming at all, total surprise! Officer Donnie may not be realistic or a good stand-in for Chief Sergio but the scenes with him were almost Barney Fife-like and so funny. But when it came down to the wire, Donnie ended up knowing what to do. The scene with him hauling Mona to the station and what happened after that almost had me in tears laughing! I have a lot to catch up on..."

코지 미스터리 작품에 등장하는 고양이들하고는 좀 다른 성격(?)의 고양이가 등장하고 코지 미스터리에 즐겨 나오는 개하고의 호흡도 별로 등장하지 않는 거 같다. 귀여운 동물들에 대한 묘사가 많지 않다는 점은 다른 작품들과 비해서 다르다. 책을 계속 읽게 만드는 마력은 크진 않지만 무난하게 끝까지 읽게 만드는 끌림은 있는 책이다. 이 책은 반전이 있다. 책을 덮을 때쯤에야 사건의 전체를 볼 수 있다. 끝까지 참고 읽어야 한다. 문장이나 구성은 무난하다.