Torn from the Headlines…Sort of
Oops! Nobody really meant to hurt the bad guys, but that doesn't make the revenge any less sweet. Torn from headlines you'll never read anywhere else, The Boy Who Bought It presents puzzles neither you, nor Detective Muñoz, nor Estela Nogales, nor any of her quirky neighbors in Arroyo Locowill ever figure out without a good deal of thinking outside the box.
The humorous characters who live in Arroyo Loco are like any group of adults, each with their own sometimes annoying odd habits, but we love them anyway. Add Estela's lovable border collies, her new hobby of birdwatching, and an occasional invasion of wild boars, and you have a charming story. And oh yeah, there's a dead body and a new family in the neighborhood who doesn't quite fit in...
"Intelligently written, with well-drawn characters, lots of humor, and mystery plots that will keep you guessing."(Ian Wilson, book reviewer), the Estela Nogales Mysteries are for those who've learned to take life a little less seriously.
In The Boy Who Bought It, Estela is all set for a relaxing summer. Maybe she'll join a gym or curl up with a few good books. The fun she anticipates does not include finding a dead body washed up on the beach. The young man she finds rolled in a tarp in the sand may have gotten what was coming to him, but as the investigation unravels there turns out to be more to this story than readers might at first suspect…
"Intelligently written, with well-drawn characters, lots of humor, and mystery plots that will keep you guessing." —Ian Wilson. The Estela Nogales series are mysteries for those who've learned to take life less seriously. In this episode, university psychologist, Estela Nogales is all set for a relaxing summer, maybe join a gym or curl up with a few good books. The fun she anticipates does not include finding a dead body washed up on the beach. The boy who bought it may have gotten what was coming to him, but as the investigation unravels there turns out to be more to this story …