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The Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon
4.0
Gossip, secrets, nosy neighbours, ruffians, evidence of a crime scene - all of these are mixed together and revealed in reverse chronology to create a detective story even a 10 year old could resolve, if it had been told the other way around.
Mrs. Creasy is missing and all the misfits of The Avenue cannot seem to put their prejudices and quirky behaviours aside long enough to piece together the truth. Although everyone seems to know everyone else's histories and secrets, the truth is too wrapped up in poor decisions that incriminate each character. It is a fun, little mystery except that the gossip and speculation have very real effects on some of the neighbours. I am quite glad that I do not live on The Avenue!
Delightful but hard-hitting, if you really think on it.
Mrs. Creasy is missing and all the misfits of The Avenue cannot seem to put their prejudices and quirky behaviours aside long enough to piece together the truth. Although everyone seems to know everyone else's histories and secrets, the truth is too wrapped up in poor decisions that incriminate each character. It is a fun, little mystery except that the gossip and speculation have very real effects on some of the neighbours. I am quite glad that I do not live on The Avenue!
Delightful but hard-hitting, if you really think on it.