Review: Great Sequel to  "Follow the Money"
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 28, 2012
I read Fingers Murphy's debut "Follow the Money" about a month ago.  It was so good I immediately bought "The Flaming Motel", Ollie Olson's further adventures.  Ollie has now passed the bar and is a partner in the struggling two-man firm of Jendrek & Olson.  They are contacted to represent the son of a pornography magnate in a potential wrongful death action against the LAPD.  The magnate had hosted a big costume party on Halloween and the officers arrived at the mansion as a result of a complaint about a noisy party.  The officers approached from the side of the house and looked through a window and saw the magnate waiving a pistol in front of his longtime friend.  The officer shot and killed the magnate.  As one would expect, not all was it first appeared.  Ollie is not sure whom he is supposed to represent -- the decedent's trophy wife, or his son, who is a year younger than his stepmother.  Ollie's investigation begins and as he learns more, he becomes more confused as there is one twist after another.  None of which comes out of no where.  If you pay attention to the details the solution(s) make sense.  Highly recommended!