Review: Sarcastic,ironic and endearing
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 10, 2013
Sue Williams's debut mystery leaves me lusting for more.Her meaty-armed heroine, Cass Tuplin, widowed owner-operator of one of two surviving businesses in Rusty Bore (just down the road from Muddy Soak and Hustle) won my heart. Cass runs her take-out fish shop, refusing to abandon Rusty Bore, although the failing town seems about to abandon her at any moment. Between fry-ups she does her best to encourage her serious son, Dean, in his law enforcement career and her slacker son, Brad, in finding anything to do.  Enter a mysterious stranger and the games begin.Cass bumbles her well-meaning and often inept way through the story, dealing with a disappearing body, mysterious strangers and a cast of off the wall helpers.With a gift for bringing both characters and the Aussie landscape to vivid life, Williams has a bright future ahead. I'm looking forward impatiently to Cass's next adventure.