Rebecca and Lucie in the Case of the Missing Neighbor (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781770464643)

A maternity leave murder mystery, complete with postpartum physiotherapy and suspicious grocery store footage

Rebecca's got an eight-month-old baby and a mystery to investigate Late one summer night as she's breastfeeding Lucie, she spots two men carrying something heavy into a white minivan. It's probably nothing serious, but when Rebecca hears that a home health care provider named Eduardo Morales disappeared from the neighbourhood that very night, she puts her detective hat on and gets to work.

Over the course of the subsequent weeks, Rebecca juggles motherhood and detective work--alternating between unproductive visits with the Simard family, for whom the missing Eduardo worked, and tearful visits to potential daycares for Lucie. She faces down inconclusive interviews with evasive subjects and inconveniently timed diaper changes. Pascal Girard's observational humor and perfect timing shine through each page, highlighting how Rebecca's (over)confident, brash approach gets results, not just with the troublesome Simards but with everyone in her life.

Rebecca and Lucie in the Case of the Missing Neighbor is a lighthearted maternity leave mystery that centers a new mother in all her postpartum glory.

Author: Pascal Girard
ISBN-10: 1770464646
ISBN-13: 9781770464643
Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly
Language: English
Published: 06/29/2021
Pages: 100
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.70w x 0.50d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/19/2021
Booklist 07/01/2021 pg. 50
Shelf Awareness 07/20/2021