A review by big__al
Rebecca and Lucie in the Case of the Missing Neighbor by Pascal Girard

lighthearted medium-paced

2.5

The illustrations are beautiful, in pen and Watercolour and the characters and scenes are well designed. The art is a highlight of this book but when I finished reading it I found myself a little dissapointed in the story. The bits about the main character and her relationship with her new daughter are the best parts of the book. This book could be just about their family rather than an author imaging his wife as a pretend cop? As a mystery it was very flat and disappointing, and a bit gross. I'm not familiar with Girards work and had to look up why he appeared as a character in his own book. It gave this book the quality of a careful gift made for a specific person, his wife and daughter, so I hope they love it?