A review by lindalou
The Highly Effective Detective by Rick Yancey
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