A Box of Frogs

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>In Hellyer's skillful hands what initially seems like a simple case of blackmail to spur a quick estate sale soon reveals itself as a much more complicated scheme of revenge and concealment...It all barrels toward a resolution that many readers won't see coming. - <em>Kirkus Reviews</em></strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>An electric fence a beautiful cryptic box and the wildest goose chase this side of Muskoka!</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>The Valentines' world is about to be zapped with a bolt of mayhem and mystery!</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>When centenarian Senator Miles The Tank Valentine meets an electrifying end at his own resort Highclere Inn & Carriage House the shocks are just beginning. The arrival of a mystery box posthumously sent by the Senator's long-deceased first wife Lady Jean Valentine sets off a series of comical calamities and dramatic conspiracies that touch everyone from Highclere's aging quirky guests to its staff and neighbors.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Enter the Senator's grandson the self-described fabulous Mason Valentine and his investigative journalist cousin Cordelia Cici Bradshaw tasked with unraveling a web of family intrigue thicker than a lake effect fog.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Witty banter flies faster than a loon's call as A Box of Frogs bounds from page to page oscillating between outrageous humor a twisty-turny mystery quiet ruminations gripping suspense and a cast that's-as Lady Valentine herself would say-crazier than a box of frogs.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>This is one amusing insightful and unexpected caper where solving the puzzle could mean finding more than what you bargained for.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>As Mason and Cici will soon find out sometimes the biggest mysteries in life don't fit neatly inside a box.</span></p>