Review: How to wake up dead and make it through the day.....
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 21, 2011
Paul Menns is dead....Or at least that's what the morning paper says. This is all a great surprise to Paul as he sips coffee at a local diner and reads the paper. The sketched face looks just like his and his landlady has already identified the body. In the small town of Canton, MN, there is only one P.I. and she's got the case. Lacey Summers is contacted by a man claiming to be the dead guy in the county morgue and being the brave (or desperate) investigator that she is, she decides that she is going to take the case. A few problems arise as Paul and Lacey try and figure out why there's dead guy with Paul's face abut to be buried: The Sheriff's department thinks it has the case solved...a witness comes up dead....someone is still trying to kill Paul (who should already be dead)...and Lacey has got a serious crush on her client.This book was a pretty quick read but long enough for me to fall right in to the this-is-the-worst-week-ever action of the story.  The characters were simple enough people and the storyline was just zany enough be believable. Paul is a simple trucker who pays his bills on time and would have never thought to be caught in the mess he finds himself in. Lacey is a struggling investigator who has a complicated relationship with local law enforcement.  Though Curry didn't spend too much time on secondary characters, I found that it turned out to be alright because of the pace of the story. There were a few funny moments but nothing too strained. Can't wait to see what Lacey gets into in the future.I received a complimentary copy of this book in order to review it.