Chop-Chop, Mad Cap! : A Rent-A-Hero Mystery

by Juliette Saumande

Meet Madgie M. Cappock, also known as Mad Cap, of the Rent-a-Hero agency – no job too big or small. Madgie and her partner in crime Norbert Soup follow a series of clues to solve a mystery involving a missing butcher, an evil cat and weird old Mrs Mudrick across the road, who seems to have it in for them. On top of all this, Madgie’s mum’s been acting really strangely and – wait, why is Norbert wearing a giant yellow bunny suit? Can the young superheroes figure out what’s going on before it’s too late? Mad Cap forever and beyond!

142 pages, Paperback

First published December 17, 2012

About the author

Juliette is French but she lives in Dublin, because she has a passion for wet summers and toasted sandwiches. She’s written over twenty picturebooks and info books (published in France), one or two college theses and a long, silly poem in pig-Latin (but we don’t talk about it). She used to dress in white and stab people with swords, but now she’s taken up wrestling with her two cats, one boy and one girl. She’s not a great loser, but she’ll get used to it, eventually.
You can have a look at her website (www.juliettesaumande.com) or her blog (www.juliettesaumande.blogspot.com) if you want.

Reviews

[Jennifer · Rating 1 out of 5]

I know I’m the wrong demographic for this book, but I found it insufferably stupid. Madcap Madge isn’t charming, she’s an idiot. It made very little sense why al, the neighbors knew her mom was pregnant, but they were keeping it secret from her. Don’t even get me started on the butcher and crazy lady. Who hates them but wants her as a bridesmaid as if that makes sense.