Mavis Levack would like a career, adventure - heavens above there are only so many days a week you can play bowls. Sixty-ish and an incurable busybody, Mavis is also a serious and earnest investigator. Her career begins when she is drawn into the investigation of the killing of a neighbour after a visit from P.I. Claudia Valentine and then becomes her right-hand woman.
Eva's Angel: Nye is an Australian painter with an international reputation. He lives mainly in Italy and has arranged a mentorship scheme whereby he takes young Australian artists under his wing for twelve months. However there is something not quite right about the whole situation with Nye, and two of his students begin to wonder if he is connected to the murder of young tourists in the area.
Mavis Levack, P.I., Marele Day
Personally I think I agree with Eddy - Mavis is a busybody. She's also a bored housewife, living in a flat with her retired husband, desperate for something to break the monotony of life. When Claudia Valentine drops in to peak through the curtains as part of her investigation in The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender, Mavis is intrigued - and she's unstoppable.
This is a series of short stories all about Mavis and the way that she can manage to turn anything into an investigation - if the dead bodies aren't dropping at her feet - then she'll chase down your missing garden gnome for you. Teetering close to suffocatingly cosy, Day keeps Mavis just this side of slappable by giving her a startingly active sex life and a good sense of humour, these short stories are light, amusing and entertaining. Definitely one for fans of the light-hearted.