The Topless Tulip Caper
Chip Harrison Mystery Series, Book 4
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A would-be Nero Wolfe solves a murder involving an ichthyologist who moonlights as a topless dancer. As related by his would-be Archie Goodwin, the story is very funny, well written and nicely read. Gregory Gorton has the perfect sound for the young, sarcastic chronicler. His swagger is a teenager's bluff, his wisecracks made funnier by his youth and pretended toughness. Y.R. (c) AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine
October 15, 2012
Featuring rotund detective Leo Haig and Chip Harrison, his man Friday who does the evidence-gathering legwork, Block's 1975 story is a wickedly funny parody of Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe/Archie Goodwin series--Haig raises fish instead of orchids and scarfs candy bars rather than swilling beer. The titular Tulip is an exotic dancer who hires Haig to discover who "murdered" her fish by mixing cyanide with their food. When not displaying her ample charms on stage, Tulip is an accomplished ichthyologist. The case initially seems meaningless, but when Tulip's roommate and fellow dancer at the Treasure Chest, one Cherry Bounce, is murdered via a curare-dipped pin jabbed in her impressive--although surgically enhanced--breast, the detectives know that something--ahem--fishy really is afoot! VERDICT With a breezy mystery at its core, this story is played mostly for laughs, at which Block is a virtuoso. There are zingers that will have you hitting pause until you stop laughing. Both sides are amply played by narrator Gregory Gorton. A light mystery combined with barrels of laughs makes this a delight.--Mike Rogers, Library Journal
Copyright 2012 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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