I haven't read KAMBA but I bought and read "The Black Coat" in 2002. It's part of a Rue Morgue Press run of many (most?) of their titles. I like vintage comic murder mysteries and this is a good one by the Littles. I'd describe KAMBA as more amusing than comic, though.
Part of Amazon description for COAT: "A case of mistaken idenity forces Anne Hillyer to masquerade as the granddaughter of the dying Aunt Ellen, the grand dame of a private New York City hotel, in this wacky mystery written and set in 1948. 'I want to tell you where I hid it.', the old woman whispers to the perplexed Anne. 'I had to kill a man to get it' Anne finds herself in this predicament after meeting up with a much younger girl, also named Anne, while taking the train to New York to begin a career in commercial art. The younger Anne is decked out in an outlandish and outmoded black sealskin coat with leg-of mutton sleeves that seems totally out of character. The younger Anne disappears en route, swapping-without permission-Anne's stylish tweed coat for her own sealskin, prompting Aunt Ellen's nephew George to mistake out Anne for the old woman's granddaughter when he meets the train."
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Yes, indeed, but is it worth reading? Anyone's opinion, humble or otherwise, will be appreciated.
I haven't read the book, but I heard a panelist talk about Constance & Gwenyth Little at a Bouchercon. Supposedly they're quite worthwhile.
I haven't read KAMBA but I bought and read "The Black Coat" in 2002. It's part of a Rue Morgue Press run of many (most?) of their titles.
I like vintage comic murder mysteries and this is a good one by the Littles. I'd describe KAMBA as more amusing than comic, though.
Part of Amazon description for COAT:
"A case of mistaken idenity forces Anne Hillyer to masquerade as the granddaughter of the dying Aunt Ellen, the grand dame of a private New York City hotel, in this wacky mystery written and set in 1948. 'I want to tell you where I hid it.', the old woman whispers to the perplexed Anne. 'I had to kill a man to get it' Anne finds herself in this predicament after meeting up with a much younger girl, also named Anne, while taking the train to New York to begin a career in commercial art. The younger Anne is decked out in an outlandish and outmoded black sealskin coat with leg-of mutton sleeves that seems totally out of character. The younger Anne disappears en route, swapping-without permission-Anne's stylish tweed coat for her own sealskin, prompting Aunt Ellen's nephew George to mistake out Anne for the old woman's granddaughter when he meets the train."
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