About this ebook
From the author of the bestselling Lambs of God.
You're never too old, says Mavis Levack. If only she could remember what it is you're never too old for. Oh yes, that's right - a career, adventure. It's important for a woman to have a career. Heavens above, you can only play bowls so many days a week.
Private investigating is what Mavis Levack has in mind, but unlike private investigators in those TV shows, Mavis doesn't have people conveniently dropping dead at her feet. Also, there's her husband, Eddy, calling her a busybody when really she is just an acute observer of human nature.
Mavis Levack is desperate to give a career in crime-solving a go - before it's too late. A lack of clients is not enough to thwart Mavis. Armed with binoculars and a sturdy pair of walking shoes Mavis Levack, P.I., goes looking for trouble in this entertaining collection of short stories by award-winning author Marele Day.
You're never too old, says Mavis Levack. If only she could remember what it is you're never too old for. Oh yes, that's right - a career, adventure. It's important for a woman to have a career. Heavens above, you can only play bowls so many days a week.
Private investigating is what Mavis Levack has in mind, but unlike private investigators in those TV shows, Mavis doesn't have people conveniently dropping dead at her feet. Also, there's her husband, Eddy, calling her a busybody when really she is just an acute observer of human nature.
Mavis Levack is desperate to give a career in crime-solving a go - before it's too late. A lack of clients is not enough to thwart Mavis. Armed with binoculars and a sturdy pair of walking shoes Mavis Levack, P.I., goes looking for trouble in this entertaining collection of short stories by award-winning author Marele Day.
About the author
Marele Day grew up in Sydney, the city that forms the background for her Claudia Valentine books. A graduate of the University of Sydney, she has worked in a variety of jobs from fruit picking to teaching. Her travels have taken her to Italy, France and Ireland, and have included surviving a shipwreck in the Java Sea. Her crime novel, The Last Tango of Dolores Delgado, won the 1992 American Shamus Crime Fiction Award and her 1997 literary novel, Lambs of God, won worldwide acclaim. She lives on the New South Wales north coast.
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