Synopses & Reviews
Rachel can't imagine why Bucky Greene, a scientist friend of her father's who's developing genetically engineered bananas, would show up at their New York City apartment in the middle of the night to leave a baby chimpanzee with them for a week -- or why they absolutely, positively can't tell anyone about it. What could possibly be "top secret" about an adorable chimp like Friday?
Rachel hasn't a clue, but when Friday turns out to be really, inexplicably intelligent (Rubik's Cube's a snap) -- and Bucky Greene turns up really, inexplicably dead (he slipped on his own banana peel) -- she suspects serious monkey business afoot. And when chimp-nappers step into the picture, getting to the bottom of Friday's "top secret" before it's too late becomes a delightfully madcap mystery -- with Rachel in a riotous, nonstop race for survival of the fittest.
Written by four-time Emmy-nominated writer and acclaimed humorist Hester Mundis, who raised a chimp of her own in her Manhattan apartment, this is a wonderfully funny -- and heartfelt -- novel about endangered species, corporate espionage, and going bananas in more ways than one.
About the Author
Hester Mundis, a TV comedy writer, performer, and former book editor, is the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, including Heart Songs for Animal Lovers; 101 Ways to Avoid Reincarnation, or Getting It Right the First Time; and the autobiographical No, He's Not a Monkey, He's an Ape and He's My Son. (Her personal ark has also embraced dogs, cats, iguanas, fish, birds, a goat, and a guinea pig.) She is the mother of two sons, Shep and Jesse, and lives in the Hudson Valley with her husband, Ron VanWarmer. They currently share their home with a large, long dog and a nosy, noisy cockatiel.
Table of Contents
Contents- One Dark and Noisy Night
- A Mysterious Moving Bundle
- The Morning After the Night Before
- Hide-and-Go-Eeeek!
- King of the Jumble
- Bad Bunch
- Keeping Eyes and Bananas Peeled
- Catching Trouble
- Ripe for the Picking
- Plan B
- Exhibit Ape
- Swinging into Action
- Earth Dazed
- Shopping Maul
- Package from a Dead Man
- A Relative Unknown
- Déjà Danger
- Rescue Rampage
- When Good Guys Are Bad
- A Stupid Mistake
- Out of Africa
- The Saddest Part
- Jungling for Joy
- Author's Note