Reviews
"Planchette and Beluga Stein are two of the best
new sleuths to grace the pages of the mystery novel!"
Doug Joyner, Spine
Tingling Reviews
"Wendy Webb has created an excellent new series of supernatural mysteries
that combine great characters with comedy!"
C.J. Henderson, author of The
Things That Are Not There
"Here's a book with something to please everyone. Thoroughly amusing!"
Chronicle,
SF, Fantasy & Horror's Monthly Trade Journal
"Wendy is one of the most versatile writers around, and I love her style and
sense of humor.
You can't go wrong with anything she writes, especially these
innovative and unique humor-mysteries."
S. Antczak, author of God Drug and
Daydreams Undertaken
Back Cover Copy
Beluga Stein is backwith her signature
loud muumuus, pastel cigarettes, and her hit-or-miss psychic ability. Beluga and
her feline familiar, Planchette, are ready for their close-ups. Or are they?
This time she's called to investigate paranormal activities and other strange
events on the set of a low budget horror movie. But after a fire mysteriously
erupts on the set, an actor dressed in a bee costume is found hoisted high in he
air by a cranedead. Is the set haunted, or are the supernatural stirrings and
death the result of special effects? Beluga and Planchette are on the scene,
from the dark screening room to the madcap SFX warehouse and to the scary set
itself as reluctant members of the cast. But even a bit part on this film could
be murder.
Reviews for the other Beluga Stein Mysteries
on Mean
Cuisine
"Webb's sense of humor doesn't mean
you won't get caught up in the mystery and engaging characters."
Chronicle--SciFi,
Fantasy, and Horror's Monthly Trade Journal
on Last Resort
"Beluga Stein is funnier than Hercule Poirot, sharper than Miss Marple, and
looks better in a tent-sized
frock than Sherlock Holmes. Of course, she *does*
have some help from her wonderful cata talented, opinionated beastie who
makes a perfect familiar to this wonderful new detective.In short, this is a
great read. One part ghost story, one part mystery, and one part marvelous
writingwhich all adds up to a fast-paced, entertaining tale that will make
you wish there was more of Beluga to love."
Cherie M. Priest, author of Four and
Twenty Blackbirds
"I loved this book and cannot wait for the next in the series! Beluga Stein is
the person we all wish we
could be, totally unafraid to be herself and totally
unwilling to apologize for it. Her friends and the other characters in the book
are eccentric but believable, as is the fact that a cat can be a familiar and
ghosts can
be real. The plot is completely engaging and the book such an easy
read that you find yourself wishing it would
go on. Thank goodness there will
be more to come, based on the excerpt from the next book in the back. Certainly
Beluga Stein will achieve stature equal to the other beloved, eccentric
detectives such as
Ms. Marple and Hercule Poirot." Steven R. Warstadt, reader
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