CHRIS GRABENSTEIN LAUNCHES MIND SCRAMBLER NOVEL
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 |  |  BUY THE BOOK Amazon, Barnes & Noble or an independent bookstore. Danny and Ceepak investigate the bizarre murder of an old friend backstage at an illusionist's show in an Atlantic City casino! TONIGHT: MAKING WINE, CHEESE AND SALTWATER TAFFY DISAPPEAR!  LAUNCH PARTY Join us for the MIND SCRAMBLER launch party. Everybody's invited. It's not Chris's birthday, but we've hired a magician. Come have your mind read, then read the book. Tonight! June 23rd 7 P.M. Partners & Crime Mystery Booksellers IN GREENWICH VILLAGE 44 Greenwich Avenue (corner of Charles) New York, NY 10011 Phone: (212) 243-0440 Fax: (212) 243-4624 Email: partners@crimepays.com  Can't make the party but want a signed first edition? Let P&C know!  PRAISE FOR MIND SCRAMBLER "Grabenstein's appealing fifth John Ceepak mystery (after 2008's HELL HOLE) finds ultra-straight-arrow cop Ceepak and his laid-back partner, Danny Boyle, on leave in Atlantic City. Soon after a former girlfriend of Boyle's, the nanny for a smarmy stage magician's children, approaches Boyle for advice, she winds up dead in a bizarre S&M ritual before she can explain the problem. The local police deputize the two Sea Haven, NJ, cops as more corpses pile up. Ceepak and Boyle aren't too surprised that everyone is lying in a murder case involving professional illusionists with nasty secrets. Grabenstein has a good eye for the grit under a glitzy setting and a good ear for character-defining accents, including Boyle's wry narrative voice. In less skillful hands, Ceepak might come across as a mere hybrid of Sherlock Holmes and Dudley Do-Right, but the author succeeds in making his hero's earnest devotion to a rigid code of behavior both believable and moving." (Mar.) —Publishers Weekly "Grabenstein's sharply arch prose and steady plotting makes Ceepak's fifth (Hell Hole, 2008, etc.) compulsively readable." —Kirkus "I honestly do not know how Chris Grabenstein manages to make every Ceepak book better than the one before it. I read every one thinking there is NO WAY it gets any better than THIS! And yet Grabenstein tops himself every time!" —Jen Forbus's Book Thoughts (Read the full review here) "I have been a long time advocate of these books. After Book Three I called it the best series I was reading. I think these books work so well because of wish fulfillment and identification. We want to be John Ceepak, but we are Danny Boyle." —The Hungry Detective "The latest John Ceepak investigation (see HELL HOLE) is a terrific entry as the by the book cop and his breaking the rules partner may be off duty, but quickly become embroiled in a murder mystery. The story line is fast-paced from the onset, but it is the camaraderie between the two polar opposite cops that once again make for an entertaining tale." —The Mystery Gazzette WITH A GOOD GHOST STORY  BUY THE BOOK FROM Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Random House, IndieBound, or wherever books are sold. It won the Agatha Award for Best Children's/YA Novel. It's nominated for an Anthony Award. Booklist gave it a starred review and called it one of the Top 10 Crime Fiction Books for Youth. And it made the Children's Book Council's "Children's Choice" list for 2008. Don't you think it deserves to go to camp this summer (or at least hang out with your kids around the house on a rainy day)? Thanks again for all your support. Hope to see you at the party! Chris  | |            |
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