Product DescriptionIt's election year in Minnesota, and Jack Grendel is running hard for the U.S. Senate. But a pair of grotesque murders threatens to derail his campaign. One is the bizarre hanging of a consultant for Grendel Shipping. The other is the shooting of Jack's own father soon after he withdraws financial support from his son's campaign. When food critic Sophie Greenway, a family friend, starts snooping, it begins to look like one of her oldest friends is a killer. But will she discover which one before it's her turn to die?
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Rating: - Good atmosphere, a nice cosy
I enjoyed this novel because it is set in Duluth, Minnesota along the North Shore. I relished envisioning the disguised localities in the book such as Canal Park, Glensheen Mansion, Grandma's Restaurant, Blackwoods Grill, Split Rock Lighthouse, Fitger's Restaurant, Northern Lights Roadhouse, etc. (at least those are the locations I envisioned as I read, whether intended or not.) Also I happened to read this novel at the time of year in which the story takes place (late August/early September, ... Read More
Rating: - Who will die before the Grendel family secrets are known?
Jack Grendel is running for U. S. Senate in Minnesota. His father, Herman Grendel, is a Duluth shipping magnate. First Lars Olson a consultant for Grendel Shipping is murdered. Then Herman is murdered right after he pulled his financial support from Jack's campaign.
Sophie is a food critic and old family friend of Amanda, Jack's sister. Sophie and her husband Bram, a radio personality, attend the reopening of Amanda's restaurant Gasthaus Rethenau. Sophie is also good friends with ... Read More
Rating: - Great Start for the Sophie Greenway Series
THIS LITTLE PIGGY is an excellent debut novel. The sleuth, Sophie Greenway, is engaging, reflective, and entirely believable as a nosy but nice magazine food critic who gets plunged into the puzzling circumstances of the murder of her oldest friend's father.
In particular, the language and subtle humor are striking. Hart sets a nice balance between the grim realities of the murders and the relationships of the main and secondary characters. The narrative draws the reader in and keeps you ... Read More
- Good atmosphere, a nice cosy
- Who will die before the Grendel family secrets are known?
