of Little Boy Blues, Ottawa Citizen
"For those who enjoy mystery lite, clever plotting, and comic crime, Camilla MacPhee's your kind of sleuth."
of Little Boy Blues, Reviewingtheevidence.com
"Maffini's story is entertaining, with the quirky characters making us laugh as the story goes along."
Book Description
As if it weren't bad enough being a failed romance writer with no sex life, poor Fiona Silk has to cope with the spectacularly embarrassing demise of her old lover, poet Benedict Kelly. It's exactly the sort of thing people notice in St. Aubaine, Quebec, the picturesque bilingual tourist town of two thousand. Now the police start getting nasty, the media vans stay parked on her lawn, and the neighbors' tongues keep wagging in both official languages. Worse, someone's bumping off the other suspects. Can Fiona outwit a murderer in the mood for some serious mischief?
About the Author
Mary Jane Maffini was a 1999 double-nominee for the Crime Writers' of Canada Arthur Ellis awards. Speak Ill of the Dead was shortlisted for best first novel and "Kicking the Habit," in Menopause Is Murder, was shortlisted for best short story. She has published three Camilla MacPhee mysteries with RendezVous Press. A native of Sydney, Nova Scotia and a graduate of Dalhousie University, she is a lapsed librarian and former bookstore owner. Currently she is the president of the Crime Writers of Canada. She lives in Ottawa with her husband and various neurotic pets.
Lament for a Lounge Lizard FROM THE PUBLISHER
As if it weren't bad enough being a failed romance writer with no sex life, poor Fiona Silk has to cope with the spectacularly embarrassing demise of her old lover, poet Benedict Kelly. It's exactly the sort of thing people notice in St. Aubaine, Quebec, the picturesque bilingual tourist town of two thousand. Now the police start getting nasty, the media vans stay parked on her lawn, and the neighbors' tongues keep wagging in both official languages. Worse, someone's bumping off the other suspects. Can Fiona outwit a murderer in the mood for some serious mischief?
FROM THE CRITICS
Ottawa Citizen
For those who enjoy mystery lite, clever plotting, and comic crime, Camilla MacPhee's your kind of sleuth.
Reviewingtheevidence.com
Maffini's story is entertaining, with the quirky characters making us laugh as the story goes along.
ACCREDITATION
Mary Jane Maffini was a 1999 double-nominee for the Crime Writers' of Canada Arthur Ellis awards. Speak Ill of the Dead was shortlisted for best first novel and "Kicking the Habit," in Menopause Is Murder, was shortlisted for best short story. She has published three Camilla MacPhee mysteries with RendezVous Press. A native of Sydney, Nova Scotia and a graduate of Dalhousie University, she is a lapsed librarian and former bookstore owner. Currently she is the president of the Crime Writers of Canada. She lives in Ottawa with her husband and various neurotic pets.
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