This book, "Queen of the Hide Out", by Alice Quinn is the next installment in the Rosie Maldonne French trailer park amateur detective series. In the first book, "Queen of the Trailer Park", the heroine thinks she has hit the bigtime because she finds cash in the trash. She ends up getting embroiled with the mafia and stolen jewels which also make a reappearance in this book.
It takes a bit to get into the swing of Rosie's slang, but once you do it is a fast and quite entertaining romp trying to find a killer and stolen art. In this book, Rosie starts in dire straits in a luxury trailer but not enough money to pay for school fees, Christmas presents or food. She is also struggling with a nasty bout of the flu. She thinks her luck has changed when she meets a handsome man and gets hired by him to watch his elderly father. Rosie quickly develops a fond relationship her charge, a semi-retired art dealer, who is elderly and very fond of a "drinkypoo" and auctioning off his art online.
I don't want to give too much of the story away, but before long Rosie, her four kids and a growing entourage are pursuing killers, thieves and love. A simple but entertaining story.
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