Oh gods!

A great sequel to "Beastly Detective," and "Beastly Detective" is a high-quality representative of the genre.

If you are familiar with the first part, I recommend reading this one as well. If you are not familiar with it yet, it is more logical to start with it, but you can also start with "Mango Gods" right away, because the characters are the same, and the plot is not connected with the first part in any way, here is a completely new investigation (and "Beastly Detective" can be read later as a prequel).

Badger and Barsukot leave their forest and fly to investigate the case of the missing giraffe Rafik in the Far Sparse Forest (read: Africa). It is already interesting how they fly - on a stork wedge, this is a local air carrier. For transportation The birds professionally swaddle passengers so that they don't twitch and hold them in their beaks. From the ground, it looks like they're carrying babies - hence the silly legend about storks...

The law of the strong reigns on African territory, no one stands on ceremony, no sentimentality: weak means you will be eaten. The borders of this world are locked, there is almost no connection with the mainland, you can only move under supervision and along beaten paths. And so the partners are forced to go to the customers in the belly of an anaconda. No, the snake did not eat them - it's just such a harsh form of transport. They got there with adventures...

And here is the residence of the customers - the Exquisite Giraffes, who are worried about the loss of their newborn son. Badger and Badgercat meet the Giraffe, his wife and his mother. And here is a break in stereotypes: giraffes (all three) are simply disgusting creatures! Yes, yes, not such refined, sad, with eyelashes, soft horns and generally like plush toys, but disgusting, arrogant, rude, egocentric types.

But giraffes are big, which means they can control all the treetops, where juicy fruits grow, capable of quenching thirst during drought and feeding the suffering. Thanks to this, the Exquisites have subjugated the entire savannah, even lions give in to them. Giraffes live happily behind high walls, do not know need, and come out to the people only to feed them with promises and disperse protesters.

This aristocratic family is torn apart by internal strife, and the forest is being cut down - chips are flying, our detectives will get it too, they will not be allowed to work in peace. And the detectives' personal lives are not all smooth either... I will not spoil it, but I will lure you in by hinting that there is a secondary, but very interesting storyline - love! ;) And there "everything is complicated".

There are many events, you can’t get distracted from the plot, the psychological atmosphere is tense - it’s very interesting to read!

A bit of a tin can, but incredibly cheerful, well-cut and tightly sewn, well-written and unconventional tin can. With twists, excellent humor, apt analogies with the world of people. With integral characters, as if descended from the pages of the best classic detectives.

The book is big, not exactly easy to read, but it’s worth it.