Something for the Weekend (Leo Street, Book 1) - An unputdownable novel of laughter and warmth (Paperback, New Ed)

Is McLynn's Something for the Weekend a comic novel? Or an off-kilter detective story? Actually, it's both - and within the first few pages, McLynn has demonstrated that she is in the great tradition of Irish humorous writers stretching right back to Flann O'Brien. Heroine Leo Street is greeting her 30th birthday with dismay, stuck in a rainy Dublin with her job as a private investigator bringing in nothing but unsettled bills. And then there is Barry, her permanently resting actor boyfriend who takes advantage of her at every opportunity. But when a particularly unpleasant client sends her to County Kildare to spy on his cheating wife, she chooses as her cover to become a member of a cookery course. And this is only the start of Leo's problems - for, as a culinary expert, she's the kind of person who has difficulty boiling water. Along with the kind of larger-than-life, wry characterisation that is clearly a pre-requisite for such a tale, McLynn is quite as good at the elements of mystery necessary to the plot. And as the layers of marital infidelity are stripped away, Leo finds herself dealing with far more sinister matters than bread-making. This is a comic voice to watch for. (Kirkus UK)

When private investigator Leo Street is sent to County Kildare to spy on the wife of a loathsome client, she's delighted to be getting away from rainy Dublin and her hopeless, permanently resting actor boyfriend Barry. The one catch is she has to masquerade as a member of a cookery course and the only piece of culinary equipment Leo can handle is a tin opener - Weekend Entertaining Part 1 is daunting to say the least. As she strips away layers of marital infidelity - not to mention several other scandalous secrets - she battles with bread-making and brulee. But where will it all end - in triumph or tragedy?

General

Imprint:	Headline Book Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2000
Authors:	Pauline McLynn
Dimensions:	179 x 111 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Mass Market
Pages:	384
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7472-6397-5
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-7472-6397-3
Barcode:	9780747263975

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