Feisty, forty-something and fearless, Cass Tuplin isn’t exactly the Sherlock Holmes type. Yet as Rusty Bore’s peer-appointed private investigator she just can’t seem to avoid ending up in hot water.
For Cass Tuplin, proprietor of the Rusty Bore Takeaway (and definitely not an unlicensed private investigator), it’s weird enough that her neighbour Vern’s somehow acquired a lady friend. But then he asks Cass to look into the case of the dead rats someone’s dumped on Joanne’s doorstep.
She’s barely started when Joanne goes missing, leaving hints of an unsavoury past. Then a private investigator from Melbourne turns up asking questions about Joanne’s involvement in a fatal house fire - and before you can say ‘unauthorised investigation’ Cass is back on the case.
Industry Reviews
`This book is like going to visit your regional relatives and having a bunch of their friends pop by for a chat. It's comforting, slightly dishevelled, wildly entertaining...Live and Let Fry is self-aware, observant, and with a fresh take on a crime hero, this is as irresistible as potato cakes after a swim.' * Readings *
`Sue Williams is Australia's answer to New Jersey's Janet Evanovich.' * NZ Listener *
`Finely wrought and highly amusing...a wonderful new series in the comedy crime genre.' * Australian *
`Sue Williams has her recipe down pat: an engaging heroine with a sense of humour as dry as the landscape.' * Adelaide Advertiser *
`There is no doubt about the value of escapist literature in a world fraught with so many seemingly intractable problems. This book unashamedly belongs to that escapist genre. There can scarcely be better therapy than to immerse oneself for a time in a world where good triumphs over evil and where there is the prospect of a happy ending.' * ArtsHub *
`There are times in life when you just need something frivolous, fun and slightly tongue in cheek. Australian readers are lucky to have the Cass Tuplin series from Sue Williams to fulfil that need.' * Aust Crime Fiction *