Kinky Friedman verbindet in seinen Kriminalromanen Witz und Spannung auf einzigartige Weise. Seine Charaktere sind lebendig und ansprechend. In "Der Leibkoch von Al Capone" gerät Kinkys Freund McGovern in Schwierigkeiten, und Kinky wird unwissentlich in gefährliche Situationen verwickelt. Das Buch ist fesselnd und lässt sich nur schwer unterbrechen.
Previously published as What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw. Elspeth McGillicuddy is not given to hallucinations. Until she witnesses a murder at Paddington Station. But did she? No victim, no suspect, no other witnesses. In fact no one believes it really happened at all. Except her friend Miss Jane Marple, and she's returning to the scene of the crime to discover just exactly what Mrs. McGillicuddy saw. Sensible Elspeth McGillicuddy is not given to hallucinations. Or is she? After she boards the Paddington Station train and becomes a witness to an apparent murder, no one believes her but her friend-the indomitable sleuth Miss Jane Marple.