Yes, wise-cracking Ethel is highly entertaining, but to de Castrique\'s credit, she\'s no cutesy stereotype of a gun-wielding grandma.
With no one to trust but each other, these double-first-cousins-twice-removed form an unlikely bond, and learn that the only thing truly worth risking your life for is family..
But when Jesse is assaulted and the gym bag full of cash Ethel had hidden is stolen from the basement, the pair decides it\'s time to launch their own unofficial investigation.
As he watches her photograph the crime scene, conceal evidence, and speed-dial the Secret Service Director, Jesse realizes that there\'s much more to Ethel than appearances suggest.
Or is she...? Ethel runs a boarding house for government agents, and when someone murders one of her boarders, she springs into action--much to the surprise of her distant cousin Jesse, who has recently come to stay with her while he attends university.
She looks like someone\'s grandma, though she\'s never married or had children; petite and a bit frail, she\'s not a threat to anyone.
At 75-years-old, Ethel Fiona Crestwater is used to being underestimated.
She may look old and frail, but she can outthink and outshoot most men--and women--half her age.
Meet former FBI agent-turned-boardinghouse landlady Ethel Fiona Crestwater. -- First Clue Secret Lives is a zany, suspenseful mystery for fans of unexpected-yet-badass female sleuths.
She\'s got her own story, and it\'s a complex one.
Yes, wise-cracking Ethel is highly entertaining, but to de Castrique\'s credit, she\'s no cutesy stereotype of a gun-wielding grandma
