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The Case of the Poisoned Eclairs
Author: E. V. Cunningham
ISBN: 7568
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  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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4.3 stars, based on 2 ratings
Book Type: Hardcover
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hardtack avatar reviewed The Case of the Poisoned Eclairs on + 2562 more book reviews
Howard Fast is a great novelist. While critics praise his novel on Thomas Paine as his best, my favorite is his "April Morning," a novel of a young man who---while standing on the green at Concord and facing British regulars---was a part of the beginning of the American Revolution. Every young American should read it.

But writing as E.V. Cunningham proves he is also a great mystery novelist. His Masco Masuto novels have complicated plots dealt with by a Nisei, Beverly Hills detective who comes across as a real person. While this is a series, I don't think you have to read them in order---I didn't---to appreciate them. I
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I loved this mystery, could not put it down, 14th mystery written under a pseudonym. Very rich wives in Beverly Hills worry about lots of things: the latest fashion, cars, jewelry but being poisoned by delicate pastry from an upscale bakery or could it have been masterminded by a vicious ex-husband intent on...