I’m still trying very hard to douche the idea of “Tapioca Style” murders or mysteries out of my brain. I can’t decide if it means that they cook in in 5 minutes–and are thus worth about that much attention–or if it’s a gooey, clingy, congealed mess that will spread all over the floor, given a chance.
Either way…it’s not really making me hungry for murder…
The blurb doesn’t make it entirely clear, but I think “Tapioca Style” is the name of the main detective. In which case, I’ll go ahead and guess the solution to the mystery now: the victims were her parents, this was one of those “twist” endings in which the detective herself did it, and she was 100% justified.
Please, tell me that’s not so. NOBODY on earth, nobody, not even some cargo-cult survivor, would name their kid Tapioca. I mean, what is his cousin? Taro Root? Taro Root, the Food Chain Supply Insurance Investigator?
The drumbeat of the downfall of civilization continues…and yes, folks here we are, at LBC, the Cassandra of the Fall…
there are real people in the world named Gravity, Jupiter, Audio Science, Apple, Zuma Nesta Rock, Denim, Amazonie, Banks, Future, Kulture, Blue Ivy, Sparrow, Morrocan, Story, Cricket, Chicago, India, Egypt, Stormi, Fuschia, Petal Blossom, Poppy Honey, Pilot, and at least two named Bear (three if you count Buddy Bear) not to mention Moon Unit, her bro Dweezil or Elon Musk’s kids (specifically his son X Æ A-12 and his daughter Exa Dark Sideræl) but Tapioca is the one too far for you?
LOL, yes, I went and looked and noticed that “breathless” PV. It’s unclear just how deliberate that humor (around it) is meant to be. Presumably, it’s not meant to be.
Naaman Brown
2 years ago
Anyone who would name their kid Tapioca deserves their own story in a posthumous collaboration update to Ambrose Bierce’s “The Parenticide Club.”
Amen! I mean, what on earth can that even mean? “Child too bland to deserve a better name?” “Child used as filler in pies?” “Child used as thickener for family?”
While this cover is poorly made, the cover is the most clichéd thriller/mystery cover I’ve seen in a long time.
I’m still trying very hard to douche the idea of “Tapioca Style” murders or mysteries out of my brain. I can’t decide if it means that they cook in in 5 minutes–and are thus worth about that much attention–or if it’s a gooey, clingy, congealed mess that will spread all over the floor, given a chance.
Either way…it’s not really making me hungry for murder…
The blurb doesn’t make it entirely clear, but I think “Tapioca Style” is the name of the main detective. In which case, I’ll go ahead and guess the solution to the mystery now: the victims were her parents, this was one of those “twist” endings in which the detective herself did it, and she was 100% justified.
Please, tell me that’s not so. NOBODY on earth, nobody, not even some cargo-cult survivor, would name their kid Tapioca. I mean, what is his cousin? Taro Root? Taro Root, the Food Chain Supply Insurance Investigator?
The drumbeat of the downfall of civilization continues…and yes, folks here we are, at LBC, the Cassandra of the Fall…
there are real people in the world named Gravity, Jupiter, Audio Science, Apple, Zuma Nesta Rock, Denim, Amazonie, Banks, Future, Kulture, Blue Ivy, Sparrow, Morrocan, Story, Cricket, Chicago, India, Egypt, Stormi, Fuschia, Petal Blossom, Poppy Honey, Pilot, and at least two named Bear (three if you count Buddy Bear) not to mention Moon Unit, her bro Dweezil or Elon Musk’s kids (specifically his son X Æ A-12 and his daughter Exa Dark Sideræl) but Tapioca is the one too far for you?
all righty then, LOL
Yup, that’s it. That’s the one. The Root that broke the camel’s back.
http://s3.amazonaws.com/pix.iemoji.com/images/emoji/apple/ios-12/256/rolling-on-the-floor-laughing.png
drat, I even did <image src> etc oh well.
I got it, thanks, Syd!
I think you’re right. The sample only names her as “Detective Tap”, but what’s the betting that “Tap” is short for Tapioca?
Also, everybody seems to have only one name. Also also, the book seems to be written entirely in present tense. Very breathless present tense.
LOL, yes, I went and looked and noticed that “breathless” PV. It’s unclear just how deliberate that humor (around it) is meant to be. Presumably, it’s not meant to be.
Anyone who would name their kid Tapioca deserves their own story in a posthumous collaboration update to Ambrose Bierce’s “The Parenticide Club.”
Amen! I mean, what on earth can that even mean? “Child too bland to deserve a better name?” “Child used as filler in pies?” “Child used as thickener for family?”
SHEESH!
I prefer cassava style myself.
I’m going to write a character named Cassava Fries now…
That’ll be $5.
And his little dog, Poutine!