Review: Bounty Hunter Humor - Five Stars
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 8, 2011
Whoever likes a dash of humor with his gumshoe fix will love this book.  I read for fun and pleasure, and I must have laughed out loud at least a hundred times while reading this book.The story begins when a private detective named Sal ropes his pal, the narrator, into helping him serve divorce papers on a man at the Del Mar Race Track.  These men are into booze, women and money, and as much of each as they can get their hands on.  With the company they keep, they get into trouble constantly.  Like when the man being served at the racetrack pulls a gun on them in the men's room.Bullets fly every few pages in this romp.  Cars collide, men get walloped with cricket bats, and cleavage is plentiful.  What more could you want?  In the midst of this hilarious mayhem, the two partners find themselves sitting through an Elvis impersonation contest at a casino out in the California desert.  Sal ends up with a name badge identifying him as Patrica so that they can get backstage and go after their man.  The author, Michael Lamdola, knows how to take this combination of comic gags and milk it for maximum knee-slapping entertainment.  Please make this book into a movie!Thrift Store Bounty Hunters entertains not just with comic hijinks.  There are enough twists and turns in the plot to satisfy the most hard-boiled bounty hunter story addict.  The pages fly by effortlessly as the book builds to a surprising climax.Having finished Thrift Store Bounty Hunters, I immediately bought and devoured Michael Lamendola's book Dirty Work.  I highly recommend both books.