title: The Pink Flamingo Murders
author:  Elaine Viets 
description: "Viets . . . delves into the vibrancy of a city that has more than just a big Arch and breweries while creating realistic characters."<br />--<i>Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel</i>
zlib_text: **HIGH PRAISE FOR ELAINE VIETS AND**  
   _ **THE PINK FLAMINGO MURDERS**_  
   **A FRANCESCA VIERLING MYSTERY**
  
  “Viets employs good local research, great dialogue, colorful repeat characters
  … and a deft hand at surprise endings.”
  
  —Gannett News Service
  
  “It’s got plenty of laughs and likable characters.”
  
  — _Arizona Republic_
  
  “IT’S FUN.”
  
  — _St. Louis Journalism Review_
  
  “Reading a book by Elaine Viets is like going to a concert by the London
  Symphony Orchestra—you know you are going to get more than your money’s
  worth.”
  
  — _Murder on Miami Beach Newsletter_
  
  “Readers of amateur sleuth cozies will want to meet Ms. Viets in St. Louis
  with this wonderful novel.”
  
  —Harriet Klausner
  
  “AN AMUSING STORY … has a universal ring of truth whether you’re from the
  Midwest or South Florida. Viets … continues to look at the vibrancy of her
  hometown … to capture the real St. Louis.”
  
  — _Sun-Sentinel_ , Fort Lauderdale
  
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