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Rebecca and Lucie in the Case of the Missing Neighbor
Rebecca and Lucie in the Case of the Missing Neighbor | Pascal Girard
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A mat-leave murder mystery, complete with post-partum physiotherapy and suspicious grocery store footage Translated by Aleshia Jensen Rebeccas got an eight-month-old baby and a mystery to investigate! Late one summer night as shes breastfeeding Lucie, she spots two men carrying something heavy into a white minivan. Its probably nothing serious, but when Rebecca hears that a home health care provider named Eduardo Morales disappeared from the neighbourhood that very night, she puts her detective hat on and gets to work. Over the course of the subsequent weeks, Rebecca juggles motherhood and detective workalternating between unproductive visits with the Simard family, for whom the missing Eduardo worked, and tearful visits to potential daycares for Lucie. She faces down inconclusive interviews with evasive subjects and inconveniently timed diaper changes. Pascal Girards observational humor and perfect timing shine through each page, highlighting how Rebeccas (over)confident, brash approach gets results, not just with the troublesome Simards but with everyone in her life. Rebecca and Lucie in the Case of the Missing Neighbor is a lighthearted maternity leave mystery that centers a new mother in all her postpartum glory.
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Dilara
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This graphic novel caught my eye because of the similarities between Rebecca/Lucie and my own daughter/granddaughter. I bought it as a Mother's Day present, but I couldn't not read it before giving it!
It's pleasant enough, but not a masterpiece.

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jlhammar
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This short graphic novel was a lot of fun and pretty adorable. Girard reimagines his wife, Rebecca, as an amateur sleuth, investigating the disappearance of a neighbor while on maternity leave.

Hope we have more Rebecca and Lucie cases to look forward to. The ending of this one seemed to hint at the possibility of another.

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Tamra
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Super cute - if a dastardly crime(?) can be cute. 😄

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EvieBee
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This was such a cute graphic novel! The author inserts his family into a fictional mystery investigation lead by his wife, an amateur private eye. It‘s “a maternity leave mystery that centers on a new mother in all her post-partum glory.”

Thank you for putting this in my path, @jlhammar ! My library had a copy and it was a delight. #graphicnovel #canada #french

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Tamra Looks adorable! 2y
jlhammar Yay! That's wonderful to hear. Can't wait to dive in! 2y
EvieBee @Tamra It really is! You‘ll love it. 2y
EvieBee @jlhammar Can‘t wait to hear what you think! 2y
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Lindy
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As her maternity leave is coming to an end, Rebecca decides to investigate the disappearance of a neighbour. In between fitness workouts with other new mothers, & trial periods for her daughter Lucie at daycare, Rebecca & Lucie take transit around Montreal to follow clues & question suspects. A warm, quirky mystery in graphic novel format, illustrated in bright watercolour washes. Translation by Aleshia Jensen. #Canadian #comics

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Lindy
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Are some people actually this clueless? I guess so.

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Lindy
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A mother with her new infant — a good reason to be up in the middle of the night, seeing something possibly nefarious in her alley.

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