The Wombat Strategy: A Kylie Kendall Mystery

By Claire McNab

Book Overview

Running a pub in the tiny Australian outback town of Wollegudgerie doesn't offer much fun or future to knockabout Aussie dyke Kylie Kendall. So when the father she never knew leaves her 51 percent of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555838367
• ISBN13: 9781555838362
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Alyson Books
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Great read.

This is a very enjoyable book. The main character, Kylie, is charming, cute and funny and being that she just moved to the U.S. from Australia, she has a lot to learn about how things work, which leads to moments of hilarity. I especially enjoyed Julia Roberts, the cat. She is Kylie's companion in the book and is just as much of a character as everyone else. The people that surround Kylie are entertaining in their own way and well developed. The love story just begins to develop near the end of the novel and I can only imagine it's going to steam up in the rest of the series. I am anxiously awaiting to read the rest of them and absolutely recommend this one. I immediately liked the main character, I laughed a lot and I like Claire McNab's writing style.

Best ever, now she got it

Claire finally got it in this one. As one of her frequent readers I really enjoyed the latest of her novels. Here she combined action with character and love interest. The love interest should be still more developed since it came too late in this novel (last page), but at least Claire McNab has touched that topic in her latest novel and did not leave it out like in all the Carol Ashton or Denise Cleever novels. Way to go Claire, that looks like a good mix. Continue!

Fun & Exciting!

I enjoyed this book a lot. I thought it was fun and exciting.

Best Book Ever from Claire McNab!

This book is a delight. It also represents a change of pace from McNab's series of police and investigator novels. Though set in Los Angeles, the hero is a true Aussie, and that is a big chunk of the charm of the book!Kylie Kendall is a new immigrant to Los Angeles, and a new Private-Investigator-In-Training. She is charming, and determined, and plucky, and funny. Her accent, her naivite, and her grit all establish her as a wonderful heroine from whom I hope to hear much more. The book details her breaking-in as an investigator. It features her coming to terms with American driving and living. It also pokes some judicious fun at Hollywood!Thank you for a most worthy read, Ms. McNab!