The Cannibal Caper, 9798989280827
Paperback
Jewels, cannibals, and a girl sleuth race against time.

The Cannibal Caper

A Sparky of Bunker Hill Mystery

  • Paperback

    356 pages

  • Release Date

    18 November 2023

Summary

Mad Cannibal Terrorizes Downtown!

Orphaned 11-year-old amateur girl sleuth Sparky returns in another noirish adventure, set in the sketchy milieu of 1930s Bunker Hill in downtown Los Angeles.

The clock is ticking as Sparky tries to track down stolen precious jewels … while, at the same time, a gourmet cannibal is on the loose in the city, seeking new prey. Just who is this devious diner?

As the suspect count escalates, Sparky’s protector, the former silent-mov…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9798989280827
Author:Rosalind Barden
Publisher:Poodle Productions, LLC
Imprint:Poodle Productions, LLC
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:356
Release Date:18 November 2023
Weight:522g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm x 20mm
Series:A Sparky of Bunker Hill Mystery
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“A rollicking, layered, smart mystery that’s tons of fun!” “

- Sal Nudo, award-winning journalist and author of The Newspaperman

“The author’s gift is her ability to wedge herself deeply into the mind of an 11-year-old streetwise firecracker named Sparky in this intricately woven, beautifully crafted tale.”

- Craig Leener, author of the Zeke Archer Basketball Trilogy

About The Author

Rosalind Barden

Rosalind Barden is fascinated by the history of Los Angeles’s lost noir neighborhood, Bunker Hill. “The Cold Kid Case,” the first in her zany, 1930s cozy noir “Sparky of Bunker Hill Mystery” series is a #1 Amazon New Release and Firebird Book Award 1st Place Winner for Cozy Mysteries. “The Cannibal Caper” is the second in this young adult, historical mystery series with laugh-out-loud humor, and it won Best Young Adult Book and Top 10 Finisher for Best Mystery Novel in the Critters Readers Poll. Next in the series comes “The Monkey Island Murder” in 2024. She also writes short mystery and horror stories and has had over thirty published, including “The Monkey’s Ghost,” the inspiration for her “Sparky” series, which appears in FAPA President’s Book Award Silver Medalist anthology “History and Mystery, Oh My!”

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