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AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARD

by Gloria Dank
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Bernard Woodruff should have known better than to expect anything but disaster from a visit to his wife’s indolent but good-natured brother, Snooky.  In a cabin in the Vermont woods, the irrepressible Snooky rhapsodizes about the simple pleasures of country living while preparing gourmet meals and falling in love with Sarah Tucker, a young woman whose family life is anything but simple.
   Bernard’s depression at being away from home only deepens after he meets Sarah’s assortment of relatives.  There’s a wealthy widowed aunt with a much younger admirer, an eccentric nature-loving spinster, a young photographer, and a blustering hunter, none of whom Bernard finds at all to his liking.  But when Bernard never likes anyone, as his wife, Maya, keeps pointing out in an attempt to save Snooky’s bruised feelings.
   Bernard is still grumbling when he stumbles on a corpse in the woods.  It turns out to be the remains of the young man who had just become engaged to Sarah’s rich aunt, and everyone in the family falls under suspicion.  Against his will, Bernard is drawn into the murder investigation.  By the end, he and Snooky join forces to track down an elusive and unlikely killer.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Bernard and Snooky

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    May 2, 2012

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      • ISBN: 9780307816849

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      • ISBN: 9780307816849
      • File size: 1985 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      March 2, 1992
      Bernard Woodruff, author of the Mrs. Woolly books for tots, may look like a huge, amiable teddy bear, but he's actually an archetypal misanthrope. Except for his lovable, intelligent wife, Maya, he hates everyone, and that certainly includes Maya's handsome brother Snooky, who is also bright, wealthy, carefree and stubbornly unemployed. In this third Bernard-Snooky mystery, the unlikely sleuthing partners are visiting wintry Vermont, where the relatives of Snooky's current sweetheart begin dropping like flies. The mystery isn't hard to solve, but the puzzle isn't really the point. Dank, who began her writing career with the superior children's novel The Forest of App , has a genius for creating engaging, quirky characters and giving them marvelous lines. The payoff here is a funny, charming story, a literate, diverting escape.

    • Library Journal

      March 1, 1992
      Amateur sleuths Bernard Woodruff and gadabout brother-in-law Snooky team up again ( Going Out in Style, Bantam, 1990) to solve a murder when Bernard and his wife visit Snooky's rented cabin in small-town Vermont. The charming, gregarious Snooky introduces them to his girlfriend and her wealthy, seventyish aunt; shortly thereafter, however, Bernard finds the body of the aunt's much-younger lover in the woods. Distrusting the moronic local policeman and several greedy relatives, Bernard collects information through Snooky. Witty conversations and situations and delightful characters make this a joy to read.

      Copyright 1992 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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