Safari
Stanley Hastings Mystery Series, Book 19
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Private Investigator Stanley Hastings is seemingly a bit out of his element while he and his wife, Alice, are on safari in Africa. Of course, there are crimes to solve when people in their expedition start getting killed off. Johnny Heller's narration captures everyone's attitudes and emotions in this humorous book. He excels at Stanley's first-person point of view and is especially adept with a tour guide's accent, which is a bit of Down Under mixed with Kiwi. The only problem is a lack of differentiation between men and women. Still, this is a fun jaunt through the African wilderness as Stanley divides his time between staying out of the way of stampeding elephants and solving murders. M.B. © AudioFile 2015, Portland, Maine
September 1, 2014
Edgar-finalist Hall’s rollicking 19th Stanley Hastings mystery (after 2013’s Stakeout) takes the hapless New York City PI and his wife, Alice, to Zambia and Zimbabwe on safari. Accompanying them are such diverse characters as a nubile young woman and her overprotective sibling, an American couple who live in Paris, two large women traveling together, and a cocky young man and his sullen friend. While misadventures with wild animals, cameras, canoes, and outdoor toilets preoccupy Stanley, he’s alert enough to spot that the staff member found dead under a tree of sausage fruit has not perished by accident. When other deaths follow, the cash-strapped tour operator, fearing for his business, asks Stanley to ascertain if they are related and if the group is traveling with a killer. Hall’s smooth style, ready sense of humor, and unusual take on murders in an untamed yet confined setting provide an enjoyable outing for armchair travelers.
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