Overview

A new adoption case sets private investigators Fran and Ken Stein on a tangled and corrupted path in this new installment of the lighthearted and fun cozy mystery series with an intriguing paranormal twist. New York private investigators - and super-sized, ever-so-slightly-paranormal siblings - Fran and Ken Stein are back in business. Thirty-two-year-old Austin Cobb is trying to find his birth parents to get an answer to a deeply rooted question: Was he put up for adoption because he's on the autism spectrum? Fran and Ken personally know about abandonment, due to their parents leaving to keep them safe, hence the reason they founded K&F Stein Investigations. So naturally they want to help Austin and bring him good news. But the more the PI duo investigate, the more they find themselves in an entangled plot involving abduction, fraud and murder. Having their past catch up with them and posing a threat to their existence and their parents puts them into even more peril than they bargained for . . . Fans of Janet Evanovich, Anthony Horowitz, Elle Cosimano and Amanda Flower will enjoy this ""hilarious quest"" (Kirkus Reviews). A laugh-out-loud, quirky and twisty new installment in the Fran and Ken Stein mysteries by talented author E.J. Copperman.

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100% Copperman and 100% hilarious * <b>Kirkus Reviews</b> * Fans of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series will love Fran's sassy, sarcastic, take-no-BS attitude . . . A funny, delightful read * <b>Booklist</b> * It's Fran's resilience, intelligence, and - most of all - her irrepressible, sassy, laugh-out-loud humor that make this book so entertaining * <b>Booklist</b> on <b>Same Difference</b> * A hilarious quest * <b>Kirkus Reviews</b> on <b>Same Difference</b> * A terrific read * <b>Dru's Book Musings</b> on <b>Same Difference</b> * A wonderful, complicated and funny mystery, which might remind the reader of Donald Westlake at his best * <b>Aunt Agatha's</b> on <b>Same Difference</b> * A wonderful, complicated and funny mystery, which might remind the reader of Donald Westlake at his best . . . an insanely entertaining mashup of classic and cutting-edge tropes. The pages turned faster than I planned and when I finished the last one, I was already left feeling bereft, already missing Fran Stein and looking forward to more excellent instalments from E.J. Copperman * <b>Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine</b> on <b>Same Difference</b> * E.J. Copperman is one of my all-time favorite authors. Call them cozies. Call them humorous mysteries. But call a cab to take you to the bookstore the minute a new one comes out. They're that good * <b>Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine</b> on <b>Ukulele of Death</b> * With unique, larger-than-life characters (literally), and an outlandish premise, this one may appeal to Janet Evanovich fans * <b>Booklist</b> on <b>Ukulele of Death</b> * Loads of fun . . . zips along at a fast and furious pace * <b>Publishers Weekly</b> on <b>Ukulele of Death</b> *

100% Copperman and 100% hilarious * <b>Kirkus Reviews</b> * It's Fran's resilience, intelligence, and - most of all - her irrepressible, sassy, laugh-out-loud humor that make this book so entertaining * <b>Booklist</b> on <b>Same Difference</b> * A hilarious quest * <b>Kirkus Reviews</b> on <b>Same Difference</b> * A terrific read * <b>Dru's Book Musings</b> on <b>Same Difference</b> * A wonderful, complicated and funny mystery, which might remind the reader of Donald Westlake at his best * <b>Aunt Agatha's</b> on <b>Same Difference</b> * A wonderful, complicated and funny mystery, which might remind the reader of Donald Westlake at his best . . . an insanely entertaining mashup of classic and cutting-edge tropes. The pages turned faster than I planned and when I finished the last one, I was already left feeling bereft, already missing Fran Stein and looking forward to more excellent instalments from E.J. Copperman * <b>Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine</b> on <b>Same Difference</b> * E.J. Copperman is one of my all-time favorite authors. Call them cozies. Call them humorous mysteries. But call a cab to take you to the bookstore the minute a new one comes out. They're that good * <b>Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine</b> on <b>Ukulele of Death</b> * With unique, larger-than-life characters (literally), and an outlandish premise, this one may appeal to Janet Evanovich fans * <b>Booklist</b> on <b>Ukulele of Death</b> * Loads of fun . . . zips along at a fast and furious pace * <b>Publishers Weekly</b> on <b>Ukulele of Death</b> * With an enjoyable mix of sci-fi and mystery elements, Copperman's latest features an intriguing and likable pair of detectives * <b>Library Journal</b> on <b>Ukulele of Death</b> *

Author Information

E.J. Copperman is the nom de plume for Jeff Cohen, writer of intentionally funny murder mysteries. As E.J., he is the author of the Haunted Guesthouse Mysteries, the Agent to the Paws Mysteries and the Jersey Girl Legal Mysteries, as well as the Fran and Ken Stein Mysteries. As Jeff, he is the author of the Double Feature Mysteries and the Aaron Tucker Mysteries, and he collaborates with himself on the Samuel Hoenig Asperger's Mysteries. A New Jersey native, E.J. worked as a newspaper reporter, teacher, magazine editor and screenwriter, before his first book was published to critical acclaim in 2002. In his spare time, Jeff is an extremely amateur guitar player, a fan of Major League Baseball, a couch potato and a crossword addict.

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