Review: It may be bad for Truman but it is great for the reader.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 17, 2013
‘The night was dark.’ is the first line of Harry Truman’s (don’t ask) epic novel.  Unfortunately, after six months, fired crime columnist Truman has yet to write another word and it doesn’t look like he is going to be able to change that anytime soon.  Not now that dying mob boss Eddie ‘Midas’ Schultz has decided Truman is the perfect choice to write his tell-all biography whether Truman agrees or not. Oh, and then there’s the man who hired Truman to kill his wife.  Chris Well’s second Harry Truman novel is a delicious mix of humor, eccentric characters and a mystery that becomes more involving as you read each chapter.  I smiled my way through this book as I followed the beleaguered Truman and his escapades. Chris Well’s writing had me caught up in not just solving the mystery but equally in the cleverly comic way the mystery was solved.  I am excited to see there is a prior Truman book available and I’m looking forward to diving into it and the other novels Chris Well has already written. And, of course, I’ll be looking forward to the next installment of Truman’s adventures!I received this book for free in exchange for my unbiased review.