Review: Good for the Money
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 23, 2012
This is a pretty good basic PI mystery.  The narrator, Frank Mango, is a fat guy.  We know this, because he is constantly commenting on the volumes he eats (i.e.: 3 pound meatloaf) and the fact that he is fat.Mango is hired to find a lost young woman who, in description, seems to jive with the dead bodies that have shown up dumped in Hollywood.  This leads him into drug and sex (sorry no rock and roll).  The mystery is actually pretty good.  My problem is the that the dressing detracts from the book.  The author wants Frank to be a pain in everyone's butt so, out of no where, Frank will suddenly become obstreperous.  Many times, it is incongruous.  He will be having a very productive conversation with someone and suddenly decide it is time to be a royal pain.  It would not make sense except to fulfill his image of himself as a tough guy pain.There is some crudity in the book.  If oral sex and frequent references to the like are not to your taste, skip this book.  If you find humor in it, then its fine.  The references fit the character and the plot line, much of which takes place in the porn film industry.All in all, a pretty entertaining, though bit crude PI mystery.