Overview
Bloody Crime Spree of the Century! Meet Sparky, an orphaned, street-savvy 11-year-old living by her wits in the Depression-era Bunker Hill neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles. She is on a mission to clear her name after being accused of the murder of a little girl whose body she discovers on a park bench-talk about being in the wrong place at the wrong time! And things only get worse when Sparky is blamed for ever more outrageous crimes until her body count is ridiculous. Will Sparky be able to summon the gumption to solve the crime and clear her name? Rosalind Barden crafts an unforgettable and uniquely zany mystery, filled with a web of colorful characters, recalling the charm of decades past, with Hollywood, movie stars, mobsters, and, of course, murder. The Cold Kid Case, the first in Rosalind Barden's Sparky of Bunker Hill Mystery series, has been awarded multiple accolades, including the Firebird Book Award 1st Place for Cozy Mysteries. The crime-solving misadventures of Sparky, the most unlikely amateur sleuth, continue with The Cannibal Caper, The Monkey Island Murder, The South Seas Shenanigans, and coming in 2025, The Catalina Cahoots.
Full Product Details
Author: Rosalind Barden
Publisher: Poodle Productions, LLC
Imprint: Poodle Productions, LLC
Volume: 1
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.70cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.449kg
ISBN: 9798989280803
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 22 September 2018
Recommended Age: From 13 to 18 years
Audience:
Young adult
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Teenage / Young adult
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
""The Cold Kid Case delivers a piece of the action-and a spunky streetwise sleuth to go with it!"" - Diane Vallere, national bestselling author of the Madison Night Mystery Series ""Depression-era downtown Los Angeles comes alive when an eleven-year-old back-alley gamin becomes fugitive suspect number-one in a Bunker Hill murder."" - Jim Dawson, author of Los Angeles's Bunker Hill: Pulp Fiction's Mean Streets and Film Noir's Ground Zero ""What a fun, exciting adventure book! . . . A winner for kids [that] will appeal to adult readers as well. You just can't help loving Sparky!"" - Jackie Houchin, Here's How It Happened
Author Information
Rosalind Barden has long been fascinated by the history of Los Angeles's lost noir neighborhood, Bunker Hill. ""The Cold Kid Case,"" the first in her zany 1930s ""Sparky of Bunker Hill Mystery"" series is a #1 Amazon New Release, #1 Amazon Bestseller in its category, and has been awarded multiple accolades, including the Firebird Book Award 1st Place for Cozy Mysteries. Over thirty of her short mystery and horror stories have been published, including her inspiration for the ""Sparky of Bunker Hill Mystery"" series, ""The Monkey's Ghost,"" part of the FAPA President's Book Awards Silver Medalist anthology, ""History and Mystery, Oh My!"" She writes and continues to explore lost history in Los Angeles. Discover more at RosalindBarden.com.
