Review: Expected less, got more.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 16, 2014
Since I got this one as a promotional freebie from Amazon, I expected it might be an amusing read.  I had never read this author and underestimated the work.  I soon realized that I liked the main character for his honesty with himself, his angst at his own faults, and his ability to pick himself up and get going with humor and determination.  There is good intrigue here, with Ridley Brone hired by his ex-girlfriend to find out if her husband is cheating on her, and subsequently the husband's murder when he turns up dead.  He still has feelings for the ex, and she seems manipulative.The karaoke bar is an interesting background, with Ridley having love/hate feelings for the place his dead parents willed to him.  Supporting characters, Sheila, the executor of his parents' estate, Paul, the surly bartender, and Hal, an aged karaoke enthusiast all show promise of becoming more interesting as the series develops.I'll be moving on to the next books in this series, and checking out others written by this author.