I really love the whole idea of this book series!Usually when you hear of child prodigies they are musicians or mathematicians or they're trilingual or something....but this is a child prodigy in the culinary world!I love Neil's personality and also how he interacts with the other fun characters!He seems to learn something new about himself in all the books and they are very interesting and fast reads!I recommend them all! Update 1: I'm on page 27 of the book Neil Flambé and the Marco Polo Murders and I think this is a great book. The beginning of the book was really exciting and that got me to continue reading this book. Neil Flambé has a similar characteristic as me, cocky. Update 2: I'm on page 157 and this book just gets better. Neither me nor Neil has figured out the pattern to the Marco Polo murders yet which makes me want to read this book more quickly so I can find out. The more I read this book, the faster I want to read this book. Summary: Neil Flambé and the Marco Polo Murders by Kevin Sylvester is about a world-famous,14 year old chef named Neil Flambé. What makes Neil Flambé stand out from all the other chefs is his incredible sense of smell which he uses to help the police solve murder crimes. In this book, someone is murdering chefs all around Vancouver with an undetectable poison and Neil can't seem to figure out who is doing it. Neil soon discovers the pattern of the victims, with help from his cousin Larry; the pattern was relating to the Marco Polo adventures. But just as he figures this out, he was framed for being the murderer. Everything was perfect for the real murderer, she killed everyone she needed to, she framed everything on Neil and now she was about to kill her enemy, Angel. One thing was left out though, Neil Flambé quickly figures out that Angel is the next target and tells the police. The police, and some interruptions, show up just on time to save Angel and arrest the murderer. I picked up this book because I wanted to try new genres of books and my friend recommended me this book from the mystery section. I finished this book because this book is so exciting. The more I read this book, the faster I want to read this book because of the suspense. I usually don't like reading books but when I started reading this book, every free time I got I would be reading and trying to finish this book. I think anyone would enjoy this book because this is such a great book. Mystery is a great genre and it doesn't have a specific age group preference. This book is also not very complicated.
What do You think about Neil Flamb (2010)?
Fun, quick read. Lots of murders for a middle-schooler's book, though.
—Sarah
Really liked by both a 9 yr. old girl and a 12 yr. old boy; not bad!
—sakura1a1
A very cute children's chapter book.
—Victorystarr
