The Last Manly Man: A Robin Hudson Mystery - Softcover

Sparkle Hayter was born in British Columbia and raised in Edmonton, Alberta. A graduate of New York University, she has worked for CNN in Atlanta, WABC in New York, and Global Television in Toronto. As a freelance reporter, she lived in Washington, D.C., and in Pakistan, where she covered the Afghan war. She has also written and performed stand-up comedy.

An outrageously wacky plot, bizarre characters, and Gen X dialogue take Hayter's latest Robin Hudson novel to a new level of kookiness. This time, Hudson, the sassy, smart-mouthed reporter for the All News Network, is heading up a special investigative report on the Man of the Future. But Robin's research leads her straight into a weird world populated by mad scientists, kidnapped bonobo chimps, strident feminists, dead guys, secret research labs, mysterious maps hidden in fedoras, deadly pheromones, and a plot to make all males into King Kong^-style he-men. Meanwhile, Robin has two boyfriends vying for her attention; she's discovered that someone is impersonating her; and Mrs. Rodriguez, her hated neighbor, is acting out with a shotgun! Along with plenty of belly laughs, Hayter's latest book adds a titillating mystery, plenty of homespun philosophy, and a hilarious look at how a not-so-average woman of the '90s keeps her head together. A fine comic mystery. Emily Melton