Review: Modern Day Noir with a Comic Touch
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 14, 2013
Nicholas Colt is a modern day private eye who has seen better days. He dives into the bottle to drink away the memory of losing his wife and daughter, and is only a P.I. by title. He hasn't had an actual paying gig in a while. All that changes when spoiled rich kid Everett Harbaugh shows up looking for his services. Everett is looking for his birth father, and is willing to hire Colt to find him. Colt takes the case, heads into his R.V. to get cleaned up, and nods off.  When he wakes up, Everett is gone...not just gone...kidnapped.Colt's crazy case takes him on the path of a murderer, racing against a deadline before Everett winds up next on a killer's hit list. The case isn't all Sam Spade, however. Author Jude Hardin takes Colt through some humorous hijinx, too.  There's Laurie, the hot bartender, Fatso, the torturous leader of a motorcycle gang, college jocks and Frat parties. His back and forth with one particular suspect involves some special sauce, sliced tires, and a run-in with a dentist.Hardin writes Colt with a comfortable ease, pacing the story well, and mixing the serious moments with the laugh out loud ones. "Colt" is an easy read, but also an engaging one, with enough twists to keep readers satisfied throughout.