Cue the Easter Bunny

PI Grace Smith #6

by Liz Evans

Spring has come to the faded seaside town of Seatoun. Vetch’s Investigations is buzzing with clients, but Grace Smith is the only one without a client. The situation has become so desperate that Grace has taken a job with the local Tourist Board. Dressed as the Easter Bunny, she's supposed to be promoting the town’s “child friendly” image. Unfortunately, a series of encounters with kids who can't resist tormenting dumb creatures results in Grace being the first bunny to be nicked in Seatoun for Grievous Bodily Harm. So when a woman named Della comes calling, and informs Grace that her son is receiving threatening letters and that she wants someone to trace the sender, Grace eagerly accepts. She lives to regret it most bitterly.

Genres: Mystery, Crime, Humor, Mystery Thriller

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Also writes as Patricia Grey

Reviews

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

The mysterious Dane is back in town, trying to right another of his bent copper brother's wrongs, and he's hired Grace to help him investigate a missing child who disappeared fourteen years ago. At the same time, Grace has been hired to find out who is writing threatening notes to an unsuccessful young writer who is married to a soap opera star Clemency. Grace goes undercover as a gardener--too bad she doesn't know a flower from a weed--and infiltrates Clemency's household, but she's also worried about Dane's case, and the significant attraction Dane has for her. Sadly, this is the sixth and last of this series.

[bex · Rating 3 out of 5]

Okay i guess

I don't remember exact things that didn't work for me, but it didn't impress me at all. I only just finished it yet I don't really remember it. So it just sorta went into my brain amd evaporated away immediately.

[Jeff Lewis · Rating 4 out of 5]

The final Grace Smith mystery finishes with a bang with the detective fighting for her life after taking on a case of threatening letters. Liz Evans manages to keep Grace sassy, to the end, but with modern technology just around the corner the writing is the wall for the lone female detective.

[Pauline Loweth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Full of twists and turns, Humour in abundance,

Liz Evans has a wicked sense of humour and this book is full of it, The characters are really brought to life in this brilliant story, Hope book 7 comes along very soon,

[Laurie Hanan · Rating 5 out of 5]

A really great psychological thriller. Bet you won't guess whodunit!

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Grace Smith has always been one of my favourite of the fraught, vaguely madcap female private detective sub-genre for a bunch of different reasons.

Firstly I love Grace herself. Slightly bats definitely, sometimes refreshingly stupid, often times bordering on out of control, there's something refreshingly real and unmanufactured about Grace. She's the sort of girl you could see yourself having a drink with and whilst you might be a bit worried about the state of your shoes at the end of the night, your personal ego's not going to come away feeling somewhat underbaked.

Secondly I really love the supporting cast, particularly the other staff at the Detective Agency that Grace works at, most of whom are somewhat mildly bats in their own right.

Lastly I really like the plots of the books, and CUE THE EASTER BUNNY is no disappointment in those stakes, although, to be honest, the ongoing jokes about rabbits got dangerously close to being the biggest attraction.

I've been dodging the inevitable here I guess - is she the English Evanovich? Hate these sorts of comparisons as, apart from the coincidence of similar sorts of central characters - they are different books about different people in a completely different location. Given the choice, if it's my money being shelled out, Grace Smith is a better bet. None of that coy will she / won't she and with which bloke (which last time I tried a Plum book was still dragging on....). With Grace Smith there's nothing coy or cutsey - she is what she is, her love life is as on and off again as she bloody well wants it to be and besides, it's not the only thing in this girls life.

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[Catherine Leggitt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Private investigator Grace Smith could be the British alternative to Stephanie Plum. Each adventure is jam-packed with witty prose, near death experiences, botched investigations that somehow right themselves, and plot twists aplenty. Impossible for me to guess the perpetrator every time. This installment was as entertaining as ever, except for the semi-explicit sex scenes--hence the 4 star rating.

Even so, I'm off to find another Grace Smith Mystery.

[Kirsty Darbyshire · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fabulous. These books are wonderfully humourous without being the slightest bit "light". Some dark and heavy stuff though there's plenty of sunshine, and a lot of characters so weird they could be real. I like Grace a lot, I want to hit her over the head and tell her not to do things like this, but she wouldn't be the same if she'd take my advice.

[Rachel Groves · Rating 1 out of 5]

It's like a British version of Evanovich's Stephanie Plum and that's my problem with it. It's not as good.

It started really well and looked like it was going to be a lot of fun. But then it started to slow and annoy me a bit. Not enough going on the hook me into the book to keep reading and just too similar to Stephanie Plum.

[Teena in Toronto · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'd never heard of this author when I saw this book at the library. I'm glad I checked it out because I really enjoyed it. It's a murder mystery (which I enjoy) and the writing was funny. She reminds me a lot of one of my favorite authors, Janet Evanovich, and her Stephanie Plum series. I'm looking forward to reading her other books in this series.

[Cherry Bob*omb · Rating 3 out of 5]

I quite liked this book (I'm of the school of thought that a 3* rating is not a bad thing) and will grab the authors other works if I come across them. Loved the main character but felt like the pacing was off a bit. I feel like a really good editor could make this book better, tighten it up a bit, not to mention correct some of the paragraphing issues.

[Angela Verdenius · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one had me laughing, curious, and skirting the edges of - 'I think I know who it is...okay, maybe not...wait, yes...wait,no...' A classic whodunnit! Engaging characters, a bit of fun, some irony, sarcasm, and a touch of sexual attraction. What's not to like?!

[Maryll · Rating 3 out of 5]

Amusing and fast-paced. For once, I didn't guess the ending although it did involve an incredible amount of coincidence.

[Kathryn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it as much as the others in the series- just wished there was another!

[Susan Youngman · Rating 5 out of 5]

The English version of Evanovitch! Love it! Especially when she got the job as an Easter Bunny!