The Fat Boy Murders (A Wyn Lewis Mystery) - Hardcover

David A.Kaufelt

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0671760920 ISBN 13: 9780671760922

Publisher: Atria, 1993

Synopsis

Real estate lawyer Wyn Lewis turns sleuth to investigate a series of bizarre deaths in her hometown of Waggs Neck Harbor, as the members of an elitist club called the Fat Boys are stalked by a killer

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Secrets from the past collide with the fiscally strained present of the fictional Long Island town of Waggs Neck Harbor to create a swirl of passions in this sprightly first mystery starring Wyn Lewis, a tenacious lawyer/realtor. World-famous artist Jackson Hall returns to his old hometown where his former schoolmate, Phineas Browne, now the mayor, harbors hopes for broad renovation and an influx of tourists. At the same time, another classmate, local eccentric Percy Curry, dies foolishly in his bathtub. Hall, who had often borne the brunt of cruel pranks played by the Fat Boys, a club of wealthy schoolboys that included Curry and Browne, is now hated by his many past lovers and their long-slighted offspring. Even so, the next corpse is the mayor's. Within this maelstrom of fear and resentment, level-headed, lovely Wyn, whose long-dead dad had been a Fat Boy, must sort the true loves from the imposters, the real bastards from those who merely act that way. While his clue placement is occasionally obvious, Kaufelt ( American Tropic ) springs a few fine surprises and fashions a pleasing heroine in plucky, winsome Wyn, whose promised return will be welcomed.
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Years ago, the Fat Boys--a not-so-secret society in a Waggs Neck Harbor (Long Island) Catholic high school--asserted their masculinity by tormenting sensitive Jackson Hall. Now Hall is ``arguably the most important living American artist,'' and somebody is killing the Fat Boys. Is it one of the surviving daughters--Maggie or Dolly--of original Fat Boy Bull Carlson? Lettitia Browne, who stands to inherit a Fat estate from her brother? Or febrile, vindictive Hall, who insists that he's been the intended victim of the attacks? Wynsome Lewis, a deceptively sharp real-estate lawyer returning to Waggs Neck Harbor in flight from her faithless ex and the big city, does the detecting, unwrapping the obligatory parcel of family skeletons and other unsavory secrets en route to a leisurely, literate finale. A cluttered suburban cozy--first of a new series by Kaufelt (Souvenir, 1983, etc.)--for fans of David Willis McCullough's Ziza Todd stories. -- Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

Award-winning novelist Kaufelt tries his hand at mystery, seizing upon the village whodunit format for starters. Waggs Neck Harbor, Long Island, serves as the historic town--inhabited by protourist and antidevelopment factions--where someone poisons the mayor, an avuncular developer with hidden agendas. Friend and native Wyn Lewis uses her personal, real-estate, and lawyerly skills to gather information about the mayor's many enemies, who include the remaining members of the elitist Fat Boy Club. Typical gossipy characters, situations, and plot result in lightweight diversion.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Atria
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0671760920
• ISBN 13: 9780671760922
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240