Here is a book I picked up in one of these "Big Bad Wolf" sessions and this book was about 2 Euro. So, what could go wrong? Not much, considering the money spent.
What I did not realise is that this is part of a series with protagonist telling successive tales about her encounter. However, this was a totally amazingly good read. Especially considering that it was first published in the 80s.
Now, what makes this such a good book? Remember, I have not read the others (A is for... B is for...). It tool a good dozen of pages before it became clear that the main actor is a female. Her name would not give that away. Apparently, authors would most often model their main character after their own gender. Here, unlike in many other cases, the author does not go for pages about describing the shapely long legs and all that stuff of the hero. Also, there is no prolonged love-story developing as I observe this typically happening with fiction that revolves around a female hero.
Beautifully crafted, the story picks up right away and the fact that I have not read the others before that does totally not matter. This could be a stand-alone. And it is wittily written, although the language is easy on the eyes: short sentences keeping the high pace up, easy to grasp as the story unfolds in some pretty wicket twists and turns.
Finally, the description of tech, tools and cars is one thing that makes this an easy and exciting read. Nothing is really specific, which allows the story to be even possible today. For instance telephones are mentioned without brands or models. Cars are just referred to by their brand, meaning that the VW mentioned could be a more recent model.
A solid "Who-dunn-it". What I need to do next is to get the A-E of this series. At least this one: highly recommended!
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