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The Further Adventures of Jack Lime by James Leck. A Jack Lime Mystery Short Story Collection.
Review summary: These are three entertaining noirish pulp fiction-style stories centered on the life of an in-demand teen PI and rather less so on the respective mystery at hand. He doesn't exactly stumble around, "solving crimes through sheer luck", as one culprit accuses him, but the statement isn't too far wrong. (Click here for text of full review.)
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The Further Adventures of Jack Lime
James Leck
A Jack Lime Mystery Short Story Collection
Kids Can Press (April 2013)
Publisher synopsis: Jack Lime, amateur private eye, solves mysteries for his high school classmates in exchange for future favors. He stops at nothing — except for an occasional bout of narcolepsy — to crack three seemingly stand-alone cases while dodging bullies, Principal Snit and tireless reporter KC Stone. In the tradition of 1950s noir but with a thoroughly modern hero, these stories — shot through with Lime's acid wit — are best served with a root beer float.
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