Product Review

Stanley and Alice vacation at a New England bed-and-breakfast. The book is full of recipes and the cat solves the crime.

...a whimsical parody... Applying his peculiar brand of twisted logic to the case, Stanley has some droll exchanges with a literal-minded cop and catches the killer with a trick worthy of Miss Marple. -Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review

The rousing return of Stanley Hastings...like many a Christie mystery--or like Lawrence Block's Burglar in the Library(1997), in which another New Yorker, Bernie Rhodenbarr, solves a murder in a New England B & B--this one is so clever and so much fun that whodunit takes a backseat to the delicious style with which the tale is told. - Booklist


Ingenious plotting and a hefty dose of humor. The B and B chef's yummy recipes are also a plus. - Publishers Weekly