Review: Doodlin' Dix
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 2, 2013
The case of the Flashing Fashion Queen, A Dix Dodd Mystery, Authors Norah Wilson and Heather Doherty, was an unexpected surprise... is that redundant?Dix Dodd is not new to being a PI. She served her `sentence' in an all-male agency where she was the "girl", you know, the one who fetches coffee.  When she struck out on her own, they warned that she would be back with her tail between her legs.  Like that was going to happen!Dylan Foreman, her able bodied (in more ways than one) and much younger assistant is a former lawyer who had been disbarred for doing what appeared to be the right thing. Dylan and Dix are a great match in the good cop bad cop way of handling their client's marital woes. Dix is hard knocks whereas Dylan's boyish good looks and compassionate demeanor are comforting and uplifting.When new client Jennifer Weatherby offers $10,000, $5,000 cash up front, for Dix to keep tabs on her husband 24/7, it was a no-brainer, with visions of the rent getting paid with money to spare. Mrs. Weatherby claims her husband Ned, a prominent and wealthy businessman, is having an affair.  When the case takes a turn for the worse, Detective Richard Head is chomping at the bit with a longstanding vendetta against Dix. Head, though, is no match for Dix's skillful and methodical analysis as the case unfolds.I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. As the final scene when the villain would be revealed was taking shape, the Perry Mason series of long ago was brought to mind. Something in the way Dix was cleverly piecing together the puzzle, showing the cards one by one, reminded me of Perry's method of wrapping up a case.