Review: Once is enough
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 12, 2013
Sean is a not so successful P.I. From NY.  Long story...short!  He borrows a Mercedes from a friend of his deceased father, and starts out on a cross-country trip to L.A.  Is the mob really after him?  When his borrowed car goes kaput he is forced to wait for repairs and finds himself stranded in a fictional New Mexico town (village) called Mystic Falls.  Well, there are lots of unbelievable weird people in the little desert town.  One of the characters is a teenager working as a maid at the Inn where Sean is staying.  She is intent upon seducing Sean.  Upon returning to his room at the Inn, Sean is surprised by the nude young lady lying on his bed waiting for his return.  However tempted he might be to.....well.... Sean quickly bundles the underage seductress up in a sheet and sends her home to grandpa with whom she lives.  He designates another weird individual Patty Chance, commonly called Fat Chance, to deliver the hormonal crazed teen back to the nearby reservation where Gramps lives.  Then it is discovered that Fat Chance is missing.  Sean is considered a suspect in the disappearance and decides to "help" the police find the missing woman.  He continually finds himself harassed, followed and intimidated by an aged Japanese lady who is staying at the same Inn as Sean.  The little old lady has a somewhat diminishing memory/personality and, in my opinion, proves to be the funniest of all the characters in this farce called a novel.  In desperation, Sean makes her his assistant in his search for the missing Fat Chance.  They embark upon an adventure that is supposedly funny.  There are a few chuckles and some four letter f and s words but mostly absurd behavior.  All of the characters are made to appear dumb, dumb and dumber. Most of the characters are dubious.....and the plot is slow going.  The book is fairly well edited; however, there are some remaining grammar errors and typos that escaped correction.I got this book because of the many 5 star reviews that said it was witty, hilarious and a page turner.  I did not find it very funny or even a page turner.  I got this book as a freebie so I will give it 2 stars for effort.