![]() ![]() We follow Goldie as she “helps” the house detective Walt, find a stolen necklace and a kidnapped guest. The graphic novel is the first four or five of the individual stories grouped. The novel follows the mystery of a movie being made, a stolen bejeweled swim cap, plus the family and friendship dynamic of Goldie. Goldie watches her mom be a live mermaid at a local club, talks poetry to the bartender/owner, and pines after Dianne, the coolest girl in town (and in the graphic novel looks like Carolyn Jones in Jailhouse Rock, only less haunted). ![]() She and her mom also have a good relationship. Vance” and his patience at work (so she takes a guest’s car for a spin or a drag race occasionally). She and her dad (manger of the hotel they live in) have a good relationship, though she does try “Mr. We have our heroine, Marigold “Goldie” Vance, valet to the (somewhat) rich and famous, and wannabe house detective. And it is all tied together in a modern twist with our Goldie as a biracial, queer gal who has divorced parents. I also got a bit of Archie Comics, along with a dash of the Scooby Gang as well. Both stories are a combination of Nancy Drew, Harriet the Spy and (from what I understand), Veronica Mars. ![]() However, I do not think I would have liked or disliked any differently if I had read in reverse. I read the Goldie Vance novel, The Hotel Whodunit, before the graphic novel Goldie Vance volume 1 (though based on the comics) because the novel was due before the graphic novel at the library. ![]()
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