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Revenge of the Cootie Girls: A Robin Hudson Mystery Paperback – Jan. 1 1998

by Sparkle Hayter (Author)
3.5 3.5 out of 5 stars 22 ratings
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Now executive producer of Special Reports, Robin Hudson is feeling (relatively) settled. Okay, she's bored. In an effort to feel useful, she has taken under her wing a new intern, wide-eyed small-town girl Kathy Loblaws, and invited her along on a Girls' Night Out. It's Halloween, and Kathy doesn't show--but telephones from a strange man's closet. Aided by her pals, Robin must track down her errant charge through one long night of murder and mayhem, costumes and concealed weapons, men who are not what they seem (are they ever?), and unsettling dj vu. For Robin slowly comes to realize that the search for her missing intern is really a deadly trip into the past, fueled by an old curse. Sparkle Hayter's rapidly growing cult of fans will relish the return of Robin Hudson, her smart mouth, her wild hair, and her motley collection of insane girlfriends. Hayter, who has defined the screwball mystery genre, has one of the freshest voices in mystery writing today. * Hayter's first novel, What's A Girl Gotta Do?, won the Crime Writers of Canada's Arthur Ellis Award for best first mystery. Nice Girls Finish Last was nominated for best novel
* The Last ManlyMan, Hayter's new mystery, will be published by William Morrow in Spring 1998
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  1. Book 3 of 5
    The Robin Hudson Mysteries
  2. Print length
    224 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Penguin Books
  5. Publication date
    Jan. 1 1998
  6. Dimensions
    10.8 x 1.27 x 18.42 cm
  7. ISBN-10
    0140262032
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0140262032
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Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Books; Reprint edition (Jan. 1 1998)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0140262032
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0140262032
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 136 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.8 x 1.27 x 18.42 cm
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.5 3.5 out of 5 stars 22 ratings

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good writing style, less than stellar plot line...
Reviewed in Canada on July 2, 2004
Back to some amateur female detective genre... This time it's Revenge Of The Cootie Girls by Sparkle Hayter. I picked up some of her work earlier and liked it, so I thought I'd keep reading. In this case, it's a good thing this wasn't the first book of hers that I read. It might have been the last. This one just didn't click for me.
Robin Hudson, now an executive producer for the studio she works at, is ready for a Girls Night Out event on Halloween. She invites her best friends as well as an intern who works for her. When the intern doesn't show up at the appointed meeting place, Hudson gets a little concerned. She ends up stumbling onto what appears to be some sort of charity event where her intern is going from place to place, and is then given a clue for the next location. Since the questions are about Hudson, she thinks it's some sort of benefit. But the clues get more bizarre, the locations more risky, and additional people start showing up who don't quite look like they're into "charitable events". Hudson thinks it's all part of something put on by an old school chum (a fellow "cootie girl"), but even that gets complicated. The story works up to a life or death showdown at the end.
I'll give the book an average rating as I like Hayter's writing style and imagery. For story and plot, it'd be a lot lower. The story line is muddled and doesn't move much, and far too much time is spent reexaming Hudson's years as a school outcast. At the end, I'm not quite sure who was doing what, much less why. I sincerely hope for better stuff to come, as I still have a couple more of her books to get to...
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Nizate
2.0 out of 5 stars Revenge of the Cootie Girls: A Robin Hudson Mystery
Reviewed in Canada on October 20, 2003
Very disappointed in this book...
It really started off well... But then the mystery part of it completely dropped off and turned into a life story about Robin Hudson rather then a Robin Hudson Mystery...
It's a good read, but definitally not a very good mystery...
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Barbara O'Neill
3.0 out of 5 stars Okay, but not as good as earlier ones
Reviewed in Canada on September 5, 2000
Books like this are hard to rate. While it wasn't bad, it wasn't as good as Ms. Hayter's first Robin Hudson mystery, "What's a Girl Gotta Do?" Yes, there were moments of humor, some really good, but all too often I found myself wondering just what in the world was going on. The first part of the story moved right along and was on par with Janet Evanovich's "Stephanie Plum" series. But then I found myself distracted by lengthy narrations into the history of the Cootie Girls and I lost the train of the plot.
Although the story line was one of revenge, I wasn't quite sure against whom. Was Robin the target, or just a pawn in a bigger plot? And, why? By the time I reached the end, my head was spinning and I was worn out from the convolutions the story took to try and figure it all out. I didn't feel the secondary characters added enough substance to the story, none of them evoked much sympathy from me, and seemed to be included just so Robin would have someone to talk to.
While "Revenge of the Cootie Girls" didn't entertain me as did "What's a Girl Gotta Do?" it wasn't a bad book and did provide a couple night's worth of nice reading. I just hope that Ms.Hayter's other Robin Hudson stories will provide me with greater reading delights.
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D. P. Birkett
3.0 out of 5 stars Too much crammed in
Reviewed in Canada on August 11, 2001
The reminiscences of adolescent rivalries, the Manhattan scene, some of the jokes, the contrasts with the Midwest and the reflections on female bonding were all good in their way. She throws in a mystery based on a Halloween treasure hunt and the whole thing becomes too complex. She strives hard to make her characters zany and eccentric and the plot takes arbitrary twists and turns as she and her friends follow the treasure hunt clues. The descriptions of bizarre costumes are a running gag which becomes repetitious. I bought this and "What's a Girl Gotta Do" (not read yet) after having read "Nice Girls Finish Last" which was easier to understand.
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R. Lynn
4.0 out of 5 stars It's Cute, Though Not As Good As Her Other Books
Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2008
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Start with one of the other Robin Hudson books if you've never read her before - you'll be a little more patient with this one if you are familiar with the character. Overall it's an entertaining read - won't change your life - but not all books will.
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357spike
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent fun
Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2023
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Solid plot with some twists, three dimensional characters, and a wacky scavenger hunt to boot. Certain to be a hit with mystery fans.
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Annabella Prieto
2.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointed
Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2012
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Although the second book in this series is not available on kindle, I decided to go ahead an order the Revenge of the Cootie Girls. I should have skipped it and saved myself the $2.99 I had to pay for this really bad book. Of course, this is only my opinion, but judging by what the other reviewers had to say, I'm not alone in that opinion. The story makes no sense. It's all disjointed and at times repetitious. I wasn't crazy about Robin Hudson in the first book and I really dislike her in this one. Even her friends are not very appealing. Her friend Claire was fun in the first book, but downright silly in this one. I finished the book because I had already paid for it, and because I was hoping the story would actually develop. It was too contrived and unbelievable. I do not recommend this book to anyone and I will think twice before I pay for another Robin Hudson story.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Deleted
Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2012
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I tried to read it. I tried to like it. I really did. I couldn't finish it and deleted it less than halfway through. I didn't particularly like the main character and couldn't stand being in her head.
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michael donovan
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2015
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okay not as good as her others
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