Review: Doan is a Great Character
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 31, 2011
Doan is a private eye with questionable ethics - by his own account.  He is a short fat man who goes everywhere with his huge great dane Carstairs.  Doan is easily and often underestimated, although Carstairs is not.  Carstairs and Doan loathe each other, so this is is not the typical dog owner-pet novella.D & C end up in Mexico where Doan's mission is to dissuade an American city embezzler from returning to the States where he will rat on the other politicians.  A bus takes him to a small town with a cast of other tourists.  Once there, all heck breaks loose and Doan is in the middle.  The book is filled with good humor and amusing characters.  The plot is a good one with many of the supporting characters throwing in important contributions.  Some of the dialogue is priceless including the bus driver's exceptional broken English.This is decent mystery that will often bring a smile to the reader's lips as he is taken for a ride by the unassuming Doan and stately Carstairs.