Review: Great read and pleasant take on a new detective series
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 18, 2014
This was a very good book, a pleasant and enjoyable read, and a fun new detective to me. I love the Guardian Angel addition here. It helps add humor to the story, and secret insight to help the detective. The angel can only be seen by Roosevelt and he can listen to Roosevelt's thoughts. Roosevelt has morals, which is rarely seen in a detective story. This is a refreshing change.As Bob drives up to his friends house, he witnesses this friend, Sam, being shot. to death. Sam's wife Lisa comes out and Bob pulls her to the ground so she won't get hit too. Then Lisa starts crying. From here on, Bob tries to find out who killed Sam but gets diverted at every turn to other crimes being committed.The story is well written and the author has given a unique slant to detectives with his writing of Bob Roosevelt and his Guardian Angel. Some may feel Bob is written as a scatter brain, but if a real life detective had as many people throwing false clues as Bob does, they would not look so good either. I do like the way Bob was written. He has humanity which is not always present in detective stories.The characters are well written for the most part. There may be one or two that an individual taste might not like, but I found them to be I could see myself coming across in a mystery.There are no sex scenes. There is mention of 2 call girl houses, but not with the inclusion of sex. The widow Lisa keep trying to entice Bob into bed, but he avoids it.I would recommend this book from 18 on up. Enjoy!