The Description
“If we get 400 followers, John Hobson will solve that nasty wolf-murder case for free! Fight the thing himself if he has to! #HobsonVsWolf!”
Angelina Choi was only trying to drum up some Twitter followers and make a good impression on her first day interning at John Hobson’s one-man detective agency.
But the campaign went viral and now they have a murder to solve, no money coming in, and an unwilling Hobson faced with battling some enormous beast.
With both follower and body counts rising, can they crack the case without offending everyone or being eaten by a huge dog?
The Girl Who Tweeted Wolf is the first case starring Hobson & Choi, a bickering, mismatched detective duo for 21st century London. This book collects the debut storyline of the hit darkly comic crime web serial, extensively rewritten and improved for this definitive edition.
The Review
This is a book I shouldn’t have liked. I bought it due to the great cover (it’s designed by DesignforWriters who also created the covers for my books and I saw the book on their Facebook page) and because the premise sounded interesting. However, after the first few pages I realised it was, while not exactly a cozy mystery, something along those lines, and I usually don’t get along with this type of story.
But something strange happened. I read the book in two days, really enjoyed it and I’m not sure why.
The tone of the writing is YA but the subject matter (and the swearing) is a lot more adult, there were times when Choi came out with things that didn’t ring true for a girl of her age, and the suspects had a distinct lack of empathy for the victims that bordered on the pathological, yet it was engagingly written, funny in places and I enjoyed the world Nick Bryan created.
If you’re looking for an easy murder mystery with a modern twist and a unique pairing, I recommend this book.
To buy The Girl Who Tweeted Wolf from Amazon.co.uk click here
To buy The Girl Who Tweeted Wolf from Amazon.com click here
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Certainly a unique premise. That alone warrants considering giving it a go. Nice review.
Thanks, Carrie!
As long as the comedy timing is good, I like most buddy-private investigator duos. I just haven’t gotten hip with the whole, reading on your computer thing. No Kindle either. I am sadly old school in this respect.
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I love the title for this one!
It’s one of those title you read and think, “Damn! I wish I’d thought of that.”