“Edgar-finalist Hall’s rollicking nineteenth Stanley Hastings mystery takes the hapless New York City PI and his wife, Alice, to Zambia and
Zimbabwe on safari…Hall’s smooth style, ready sense of humor, and unusual take on
murders in an untamed yet confined setting provide an enjoyable outing
for armchair travelers.”

“When murder and an inexperienced park ranger collide, Stanley has to step up to the plate before he becomes a lion’s dinner.”

“Johnny Heller’s narration captures everyone’s attitudes and emotions in this humorous book. He excels at Stanley’s first-person point of view and is especially adept with a tour guide’s accent, which is a bit of Down Under mixed with Kiwi…This is a fun jaunt through the African wilderness as Stanley divides his time between staying out of the way of stampeding elephants and solving murders.”

“Wisecracking private investigator Stanley Hastings
steps out of his familiar New York surroundings to go on an African
safari with his impatient and equally quick-witted wife, Alice…Series readers will enjoy seeing Alice and the always
irreverent Stanley outside their comfort zone. The tour guides and their
charges provide an interesting cross-section of suspects, and Hall
rewards genre devotees by throwing in a librarian pair who became
friends on the popular listserv DorothyL. Another funny, brisk entry in
the long-running series.”

“In his  nineteenth appearance, Stanley once more faces a case
he’s convinced is too tough for him. Hall complements his struggles with
amusing repartee and enough red herrings to keep it interesting.”

“Parnell Hall succeeds in making Stanley Hastings one of a
kind. Pleasantly reminiscent of Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin.”

“The charm in Stanley Hastings lies in his chummy,
loquacious, self-deprecating commentary as the narrator of his adventures.”