A recent shooting at a gas station turns out to be linked to an old crime. The suburban New Jerseylocale is home to residents of multiple ethnicities that do not always get along as well as it appears on the surface. Andrea Stern is the hugely pregnant mother of 4 who stumbles on to the new crime scene. At one time she had hoped to become a criminal profiler, but that career was derailed when she became pregnant and decided to marry Jeff, the father of her child. Andrea is compelled to find the

HOLY CRAP THIS BOOK WAS AWESOME!! And I shudder to think how easy it would have been to pass on this debut novel by the guy with the unpronounceable name.I was just literally a few pages into the book when I realized I'd stumbled on to a pretty special book. I wanted to know who the author was, clicked on his name on Goodreads, and saw him credited as the author of 1,227 books. That's not a typo. While this is his debut novel, he's a prolific and successful writer of comic books. Which is kind o...

Oh, my, I enjoyed this book so much! What happens when you pair a disgraced journalist with a woman who once had a chance as a brilliant criminal profiler but now has four children and one on the way? Utter hilarity and hijinks!I knew this was going to be hysterical when at the start, very pregnant Andie Stern pulls up to the murder scene of a young Indian man at a gas station in her minivan with four screaming children in tow. She climbs out to take her youngest to the bathroom, and the female

Here's another one that I can thank GRs for getting my attention. It's a title that is, although eye-catching, one I would probably skip over at the library. But then when I saw it was penned by the co-creator of Deadpool plus Michael David's glowing review, I knew I had to check this out.A very pregnant already mother of 4 and former wonderkid FBI profiler recruit Andrea Stern teams up with Kenny Lee, a disgraced journalist looking to get back to his glory days when he won a Pulitzer as a colle...

Suburban Dicks is a compelling, satirical and insightful crime debut from the co-creator of Deadpool featuring two unlikely and unforgettable amateur sleuths. When gas station attendant Satkunananthan Sasmal is shot at point-blank range while pumping gas for motorists at a garage in the small town of West Windsor, New Jersey, Andrea "Andie" Stern, a mother of four currently pregnant with her fifth child who was once predicted to become a prominent FBI Criminal Profiler and once responsible for n...

4.5 StarsThat was honestly such an entertaining murder mystery with two main characters that absolutely deserve a series. The social issues made for tricky reading at times because Fabian certainly tackles homomisia and racism within our communities, both in a historical context and in the present day, in a confronting but thought provoking way. This sounds pretty heavy but it was written by the co-creator of Deadpool so it was also irreverently funny. "57 week" pregnant mother, Andie, was so si...

True confession time: I've never seen a Deadpool or X-Men movie. So when I picked up this book, I had no idea what to expect. And maybe that's the key to reading happiness because I really enjoyed it. Part of that was down to a layered murder mystery that kept me on my toes. But a lot of it was due to spending time with Andie, one of the 2 MC's.That would be Andrea Stern, former FBI profiler & current mother of 4. Yup, she gave up the job she loved for the glamorous life of a New Jersey housewif...

Suburban Dicks by Fabian Nicieza is an excellent murder/mystery procedural that kept me glued to my chair, forgetting all else until I could finish this gem in less then 2 days.I have read my fair share of detective novels, but this one just fit the bill for me. It checked off every box I need in order to have a great experience, and then some:1. Interesting and intricate (but not too complicated) murder/mystery plot. 2. Fantastic cast of characters, especially the main duo: Andie Stern- mother

The quest for “different” has been successful again with this amusing, and really down to earth story which is neither a thriller nor a cosy. But it is a very entertaining murder mystery.Andrea Stern, heavily pregnant with her fifth child, is the first witness (apart from her 4 other children) at the scene of a shooting death at a gas station. She has stopped there because her youngest needed the bathroom. Two patrol officers are at the scene doing everything wrong and Andrea has no hesitation i...

I'll start with the brilliant title which gets 5 stars from me and is what lured me into reading this book. The premise: Andie Stern, a former FBI profiler who gave up her career to be a stay-at-home mom, now very pregnant with her 5th kid, she stumbles across a murder scene while stopping at a gas station so one of her kids could use the bathroom. As a protagonist, Andie was mostly likable. She was clever, sarcastic, and witty, and it was easy to relate to her wanting a little more excitement i...

Suburban Dicks marks the debut novel for long-time comic book writer, and co-creator of the Marvel Comics character Deadpool, Fabian Nicieza. If you're at all familiar with the latter creation, either via comics or movies, you'll know one thing about this mystery book already -- Suburban Dicks is a freaking blast!After a gas station attendant is murdered, former would-be FBI profiler Andrea Stern teams up with local disgraced reporter Ken Lee to get to the bottom of things after it becomes clear...

HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY! “Time changed our prejudices, but it didn’t change the fact that we were prejudiced.”Pretty profound and introspective quote from a character in a book called Suburban Dicks that is written by the co-creator of Deadpool. This is a book that will have you laughing out loud one minute and angry at the injustices of minorities the next.Andrea Stern is a wife and mother of four young children, and about “47 months” pregnant with her 5th child, judging by the size of her belly....

For me the first 3rd was 4 stars, the middle 3rd 3 stars and the last third 2 to 2.5 stars tops.The humor makes you laugh until it doesn't. Sarcasm coupled with body function humor can only go so far with me. Too much becomes slapstick juvenile overflow dressing. Like a great salad with one gloating and dense thick ingredient drowning the whole until one next mouthful becomes sickening.Loved the N.J. mixes of groups designated and the suburban mores flows. But not so much of the inherent stereot...

The plot for this book is creative and moves at a good pace. The author has inserted lots of sarcastic humor and where it hit the mark with me it was laugh out loud funny. Some of it went wide of me, and that left me with mixed feelings. There are great twists and turns throughout which keeps the book fresh and the characters are well developed with both good and not so good traits. It also feels very contemporary as it deals in part with racial injustice and divisiveness within the community as...

This is a book of contrasts. A light, humorous tone is counterpointed by the dark roots of the motive for the murder of a young, simple Indian gas station attendant. Likewise it plays with a lot of mystery tropes like two losers who wind up solving a murder — only they are actually people with very successful backgrounds who have found themselves at low points of their lives. Andrea was a profiler who caught a serial killer but who now is a housewife with four kids and one on the way. Kenny won

This was a most creative, unique and well written story. Andrea is a former FBI profiler who pulls up to a murder scene because one of her four children has to pee. Her life is mundane with her children (and one on the way) and her husband that she could care less about. Andrea decides that she is going to figure out who killed the young gas station attendant and why. Insert a weary newspaper reporter who is down on his luck. Together these two set out to uncover the truth and solve not only one...

3.5. If you are looking for a serious, structured and realistic mystery, then go someplace else. On the other hand, if you enjoy slapstick, gallows humor, good characters and social commentary, then you will enjoy this book. As the title suggests the plot takes place in suburban New Jersey and the “dicks” are a mother of 4, expecting a fifth, that was an FBI profiler and former Pulitzer Prize winner who has fallen on hard times.

(The fact I keep having to change autocorrect from Suburban DUCKS is driving me a little bonkers. This is not a wildlife book.)⏰ 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫: Andi Stern traded in her life as an up-and-coming FBI profiler for one of SAHM. Except she stumbles on a murder scene and realizes the cops are bungling the scene. Tenaciously, she pursues this case she can NOT let go. She eventually teams up with a former Pulitzer winning journalist, now local ignominious news reporter Ken Lee in order to bring

From the first page of SUBURBAN DICKS, I knew it was a winner. All the usual parts of a detective story were there — smart amateurs, dumb cops, no apparent motive, etc. — but they were put together in a zigzag way, hilarious on one hand, serious racial questions on the other. Definitely a five star read, even though I kept asking myself as I read: “Why did Andrea marry Jeff? And why did she keep having his children?” Jeff was slimy, loathsome, and boring. Andrea admits that she never loved him,

It’s an amazing accomplishment to me that a funny, smart, edgy who-done-it could so seamlessly and logically thread the huge social issue of racism into its telling that it feels so right and so balanced … and only adds to how fascinating the story is. One aspect of racism examined shown in this quote: Does the institution lead the individuals to act in a certain way, or do the consistent actions of many individuals create institutionalized, systemic racism?Two struggling amateur detectives work...