Review: Watered down Rick
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 20, 2011
I guess when you have a popular series going, and a growing fan base howling for the next installment, you can either make them wait for something good, or you can slam together a "short" with a couple of the characters, casually drop the name of the arch-villain a couple of times, and presto! - Happy fans.This one came up short in my opinion, lacking both the Machiavellian schemes of the three full-sized novels and the main detective, and then rehashing a plot that would make Dame Agatha Christie roll her eyes and utter a refined sigh.The character Sophie Lee is clearly better at playing second fiddle to the brilliant Manny Williams, and after lots of stilted dialogue, finally gets around to solving the case.  My advice would be that you not dwell on this short, but wait instead for the next true Manny Williams novel.Amanda Richards, December 20, 2011