Dead Red by Ruth Starke

Dead Red (Crime Waves)

by Ruth Starke

Dear old Mrs Tuck has run the school canteen for years. But after a chain of nasty culinary upsets, she gets the chop and a slick new commercial caterer is appointed. Angelo Martinelli, junior private eye, smells a rat – and not just the dead one in the canteen. Is it sabotage, or is it a red herring? Can The Angel get to the bottom of the mystery that has the whole school on the run?

Dead Red is a saucy detective story from bestselling author Ruth Starke, full of humour and the kind of explosive jokes that children love.

Reviewed by funstm on

3 of 5 stars

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This was a pretty short and lighthearted read. It was relatively enjoyable if not all that involved and had a few good twists, if not utterly predictable for older readers. There were some funny comments afterall; "saddle old Sherlock Holmes with an Italian mother and see how many cases he'd crack." 3 stars for preteen. 2 stars for my own rating.

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