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Sick as a Parrot (Pi Grace Smith Investigations) (Pi Grace Smith Investigations)

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Spunky Brit gets it done - again
One of the best books I've read recently - funny and well plotted

Sick as a Parrot (Pi Grace Smith Investigations) (Pi Grace Smith Investigations)
Liz Evans
Manufacturer: Orion Books Limited
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0752860232

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Adopted at birth, Hannah Conti's attempts to trace her family turned up a mother convicted of murder twenty years ago. Convinced that her mother is innocent, Hannah hires Grace to prove it. Glad of any chance to get out of the office (the boiler's broken and the plumber can't come until next July) Grace uncovers the story of the very messy murder of Janet Hepburn - a teacher at St. Martin's Comprehensive. Along the way she's obstructed by a lot of people who'd rather she stopped digging - including an ambitious policeman and his pushy wife, the 'handyman', the ex-leader of the school alpha males, and Hannah's grandparents. On Grace's side (or possibly not) is an ex-copper with a shady past (and even shadier present) and Betterman177, a mysterious emailer who keeps sending tantalising clues regarding what was happening at the school two decades ago. To add to these complications, she's been conned into bird-sitting a psychotic parrot and Terry Rosco, the most chauvinistic cop in Seatoun, is homeless and keeps trying to move into Grace's spare room. And, oh yes - someone keeps trying to kill her.

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Spunky Brit gets it done - again.......2006-06-29

Grace Smith is everything a detective should be - smart, willing to kick [...] when necessary, witty, daring, and able to take care of herself.

Unlike so many U.S. mystery series these days - "Sick as a parrot" is NOT a thinly veiled romance novel. It's funny, engrossing, action filled, with even a little sex - but not one of those lamed "does he like me? is he too dangerous for me?" bits of tripe that ruin the genre. Grace gets it done - again!

I'll never see another parrot without thinking about how it would look in clothes

One of the best books I've read recently - funny and well plotted.......2005-06-25

Liz Evans has been compared to Evanovich, only British. I can understand the comparisons, because her detective is female and funny, but I enjoyed this book more than I've enjoyed Evanovich (although I have read everything by her and look forward to her new books as well). This book was much better plotted than anything I've read by Evanovich, and the humor is a bit subtler.

Much of the humor involves a parrot that detective Grace Smith ends up agreeing to babysit (in exchange for free meals and some cash while she does this). Only after she takes the bird home does she learn that the parrot is 1) very talkative and 2) can't stand to be left alone -- dire consequences when this happens. You can imagine the humor in having to either take the parrot with her (in a carrying cage) or find someone to stay with the bird while she conducts various parts of the investigation of her case.

Then there's the policeman who keeps showing up at her doorstep wanting to spend the night because his wife has kicked him out -- Grace can't stand him but somehow ends up taking him in again and again. This interferes with a budding romance with a mysterious man who gets involved in the same case she's investigating.

Oh yes, there is a case. A young woman comes to see her, wanting to know more about her birth mother -- who she has learned did time for murder. The hope is that the mother can be proved innocent. This is made more difficult by the fact that the birth mother (now out of jail) wants nothing to do with her daughter or her daughter's P.I.

I found myself bursting out laughing at parts, and I also could hardly wait to find out more about the case Grace is investigating. It was a real page-turner. I can hardly wait to read other books by this author -- I hope others discover her so that it will be somewhat easier to get her books in this country.

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Sick as A Parrot
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Binding: Hardcover
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Sick as a Parrot: the Inside Story of the Spurs Fiasco

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Sick as a Parrot: the Inside Story of the Spurs Fiasco
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Sick as a Parrot! (Impact English)
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SICK as a Parrot: The World's Worst Jokes

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SICK as a Parrot: The World's Worst Jokes
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