Hubbert & Lil: Partners in Crime

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Summary: First novel a cosy with attitude
Review: Before she turned hardboiled, Katy Munger [author of the Casey Jones series] created cosy crime-solvers T.S. Hubbert and his sharp-witted 84-year old aunt Lil. He's a retired personnel manager and she's a retired seamstress. T.S. awakes on the first morning of his retirement from Sterling & Sterling to the ringing of a phone, "Brenda's giant backside" in his face. The trademark Munger sassiness has taken to the page. When murder reveals the investment bank can't save itself without him, T.S. steps in to manage the cast of grumpy old men, grumpy cops, grumpy secretaries, while Auntie, who recognizes a pattern when she sees one, teaches him a little something about reading. Although the red herrings may be obvious even for red herrings and the outcome the stuff of soap opera, from cat rump to solved crime this cosy-with-attitude is fun.