Review: A brilliant mystery novel, could not put it down.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 12, 2012
*** Spoiler Alert ***I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was a real page turner.Rick Levine is a Private Investigator who used to be an Attorney.Throw in a menacing ex-wife, a murder, an old addiction problem, a few old flames, a Santa Hitman and some very sly Lawyers.This book is a traditional "whodunit" with some very funny comedy moments and a lovely romance story too.It had a mixture of light hearted humour and also some grim scenes, especially the dart throwing part.I was really rooting for Rick once he had been arrested for the murder of his ex-wife Deborah (or Wicked as he likes to call her), I could not read the book fast enough to see if he found the culprit and who the culprit was. I felt I had to read it faster before Rick's 30 days ran out.Rick and Laura are a truly loveable partnership, they are gutsy and very much in love.I also adore Mavis the not so useful guard dog.The appearances of the Santa hitman were very entertaining.My favourite comedy characters is the book were Garrett and Ziggy.There were also some parts in the book where I was nervous reading them, the parts where they are snooping around Deborah's house, I was hoping they would not get caught.I really liked the ending to the book, a great twist and I love an old fashioned love story and I thought the ending was very heart warming.I was so relieved that Rick or Laura were not killed off, I hope this means there will be a series, if so I will be following the series.I will be definitely be reading more of Colleen Collins books in the future.I eagerly await the return of the Zen Man.A great read.Becky Sherriff (The Kindle Book Review)