lindalou's review against another edition
4.0
Humorous mystery about a sweet lunkhead and failed police academy cadet, Teddy, who decides to become a real detective by opening up shop as a private detective. He rents office space above a dry cleaners and recruits smart aleck waitress, Felicia, who looks "just like Lauren Bacall" as his secretary/girl Friday and presto(!), he's a detective. His first case: finding The Gosling Killer (he ran over six baby ducks with his SUV.)
Three things saved this series from being a run of the mill Stephanie Plum clone:
1. Teddy's not as dumb as he looks (or sounds.) He's no Sherlock but he never falls in to the "too stupid to live" category.
2. Teddy is genuinely sweet. He struggles to have "good moral character" and do what's best for the people around him, even at a cost to himself.
3. This book made me laugh. I w
Three things saved this series from being a run of the mill Stephanie Plum clone:
1. Teddy's not as dumb as he looks (or sounds.) He's no Sherlock but he never falls in to the "too stupid to live" category.
2. Teddy is genuinely sweet. He struggles to have "good moral character" and do what's best for the people around him, even at a cost to himself.
3. This book made me laugh. I w
srousseau's review against another edition
3.0
fun light. more interested in the main character than the mystery
ksparks's review
2.0
This one was mildly enjoyable. Not very polished, and not very believable but the detective does grow on you. I'd read another one to see if the series get better.
cspiwak's review
3.0
an intentionally unlikely and perhaps somewhat unlikable protagonist who somehow muddles through. I enjoyed the occassional abbott & costello like exchanges
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