Crazy Fool Kills Five by Gwen Freeman
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This would be a good mystery book to read on a lazy Saturday or Sunday afternoon. Murder, a plane crash, court cases, kidnapping, spying……these are what you can expect from this mystery story. You’ll also follow the heroine, Fifi Cutter and her unemployed, good-looking half-brother, Bosco, who assists her with her investigations.
There are a lot of details in it and it’s quite hard to follow thoroughly, actually. Therefore, my lazy Saturday afternoon wasn’t that lazy after all, as I was figuring out what I was reading. You can also expect twists and turns, so you had better not be sleepy while reading this book, if you want to keep up with the pace.
Anyway, let’s look at the title. Who’s the crazy fool? He was Jim Farnswell, ex-employee of Skyblu Charter Jet Service. What did he do? Well, he apparently hijacked a private plane where there were two Chinese businessmen on it, killed the two pilots, and then crashed the plane. Unfortunately, when it crashed, it also killed an Earl Rayburn, a retiree who was just sitting in his home, relaxing.
Now, the matter has been brought to court. Reginald Wong of Wong, Wu & Chu is representing the families of the dead passengers and VJ Smith, Fifi’s close friend, is representing Earl Rayburn’s widow who’s seeking justice for her husband who did not do anything wrong but only happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. On the defendants’ side, Dan Boatwright represents Skyblu and Janet Porter is for Grund Aviation Technologies who was blamed ‘for not putting a locking door from the cabin into the cockpit’, which may have prevented Farnswell from shooting the pilots.
Let’s go back to Fifi now. In the first chapter, she was hired to tail Steven Burton, an ex-employee of Wong, Wu & Chu. He claimed to have a back injury due to helping out at the office last Christmas and was claiming compensation for it. However, Reg Wong does not believe him entirely. That’s why he sent Fifi to follow him around secretly and get evidence to prove that he does not seem to suffer from back injury. Well, it wouldn’t be exciting if Fifi didn’t land herself in some trouble while on the job, right? Right.
Later, Fifi gets involved in the Skyblu case when she’s hired as a document clerk, Steven Burton’s old job. Her job may seem boring but boring was not in her vocabulary. Someone is out to get her or get something from her. In the meantime, she and Bosco try to figure out the puzzles that appear in this Skyblu case. She also begins an unlikely friendship/romance with the ‘enemy’, Dan Boatwright who’s the opponent, much to VJ’s chagrin.
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I’d also like to thank Gwen Freeman for sending me an ARC of this book. 
Other Bloggers’ Reviews: Lisa, Kris, Maryann
June 29th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
I agree that Bosco is the most entertaining character in the book.
I love book review blogs. Keep up the great work!
June 29th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Thanks for the comment on my review. I put a link to your review in mine, so readers can easily find other reviews for this book. Thanks for stopping by my blog. I added yours to my blog roll, so whenever I get caught up with stuff after being gone on vacation, I’ll be sure to read more of your reviews!
June 30th, 2008 at 8:40 am
can i link you??
im not so into mysterious kinda books,,but i do enjoy to read ur review.So that i can know briefly about this crazy fool kills five..=)..even if i dunt read it all
June 30th, 2008 at 11:22 am
Lisa: Hi Lisa, thanks for coming by my blog!
I love visiting book review blogs too. It’s interesting to read other bloggers’ views on the books I read.
Kris: Hi Kris, thanks for the link to my review! I’ve subscribed to your RSS feed too.
Teha: Hi Teha, sure, I’d love to exchange links too! But I’ll put your link in my blogspot blog, is that okay(?), since this one is only focused on books?
July 11th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
Interesting cover. Havnt seen a cover like this for long .
July 12th, 2008 at 10:11 am
webdesign: Well, I haven’t seen a cover like this at all! Haha!
August 6th, 2008 at 2:54 am
Josette,
Thanks for stopping by my review on BloggerNews.net and leaving a comment. I enjoyed reading your review of Crazy Fool Kills Five here. Not the greatest book in the bookcase, but a fun read if you aren’t looking for a lot of substance.
Maryann
August 7th, 2008 at 10:26 am
Maryann: Hi, thanks for coming by here too! And it might not be a good read but I really like the cover though.
August 7th, 2008 at 11:25 am
I liked the cover, too. But like you, I was a bit thrown that the book was not a kids’s book. I think Gwen did the cover, as well as the cover of her previous book. She is quite a respected artist, if I remember correctly. Too tired to check her Web site tonight to verify.
August 7th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
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