Review: Stumbled upon
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 17, 2012
I first came across the character of Jim Knighthorse in the Samantha Moon novels. Which were also an unexpected gem, so I was kind of burnt out on the vampire genre.But back to Jim Knighthorse, who is the kind of guy that we suspected in high school bowed before his mirror every morning. Except that Jim is a lot older than a high school guy. But maybe not as emotionally old as a 17-year-old.Jim has several passions in his life: renewing his career as a professional fullback. Cindy, his college sweetheart. And his work as a professional P.I. Along the way, Jim suffers from his ego, his formerly broken leg, relationship woes, his sidekick cop/workout partner, innocent clients, and God, who happens to hang out at the local McDonald's just for the coffee.All of the above make Jim less shallow than he'd like to admit, and the story ends with Jim already another quest, that of finding his mother's murderer, maybe with or without the help of his estranged father.I wasn't prepared to like Jim -- but the easiness of the prose and the character development caught me. I haven't settled into the next two novels yet, but I'm looking forward to a rainy weekend when I can do so. Maybe I'll have to move to Seattle :)