Review: A poor, bumbling searcher
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 19, 2014
Dear Jinky Johnstone, a man who has no financial need to work a job, who lives in a small Scottish village and has lived there all his life, who does a favor now and then for his neighbors.  He finds things.  And people.  And he's actually pretty good at it.  But, at least in this first of a trilogy, he gets beat up.  A lot.  But he also is able to put some seemingly random facts together and finds:  who killed a large pig, dressed him in an evening suit and stuffed him into a sewer pipe; who killed a lovely young girl who'd apparently run away from her happy home in Wales; who thumped him on the head with a very hefty handbag; and other interesting goings on in his town.This is a very enjoyable read, and very funny at times.  His friends are quirky--as he himself is--but they all fit together well.  The Scottish slang is very interesting to this completely American reader.  Even though I may never have seen or heard certain words before I had no trouble understanding the context.This might be a good read for you in the heat of summer because poor dear Jinky ends up in a few really cold places, shivering mightily before he manages to extricate himself!  He also ends up in a "hot" spot with a lady friend.  Try this book--you may like it as much as I did!