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Of Course You Know That Chocolate Is a Vegetable and Other Stories (Five Star First Edition Mystery Series) - Hardcover
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Book by D'Amato, Barbara
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About the Author
Barbara D'Amato was the 1999-2000 president of Mystery Writers of America. D'Amato is also a past president of Sisters in Crime International. She writes a mystery series starring Chicago freelance investigative reporter Cat Marsala, a series starring Chicago patrol cops Suze Figueroa and Norm Bennis, and standalone novels. D'Amato is a playwright, novelist, and crime researcher. Her research on the Dr. John Branion murder case formed the basis for a segment on Unsolved Mysteries, and she appeared on the program. Her musical comedy The Magic Man and the children's musical The Magic of Young Houdini, written with husband Anthony D'Amato, played in Chicago and London. Their Prohibition-era musical comedy RSVP Broadway, which played in Chicago in 1980, was named an "event of particular interest" by Chicago magazine.
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Best known for her Cat Marsala series, D'Amato also writes mysteries featuring Chicago cops Suze Figuero and Norm Bennis. Marsala appears twice in this collection of a dozen short stories, while Figuero and Bennis figure in seven. Most interesting is "See No Evil," which brings Marsala together with Bennis and Figuero. Bennis has been accused of killing a bad guy out of anger, and Marsala must prove his innocence. Although series fans will enjoy the majority of the stories included here--those featuring D'Amato's familiar characters--the others are a mixed bag. "I Vant to Be Alone" is a weird take on the Garbo line, and the title story is a gruesome, unamusing tale in which a disgruntled writer murders a reviewer who criticized her book. Often, the authors of mystery series use short stories as a way of stretching themselves, but in D'Amato's case, the stretches don't quite work. Here's hoping she's ready to get back to doing what she does best--series characters. Jenny McLarin
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- PublisherFive Star
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0786225394
- ISBN 13 9780786225392
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages179
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