Review: "What's a Monty Python?" "Something completely different."
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 2, 2013
From a book critic's point of view, this novel is a literary nightmare:✔ The switching between third-person and first-person points of view.✔ The present tense narrative that drops into past tense.✔ The non-existing dialog attributions.✔ The cast of characters, while well known to the constant readers of the series, is not introduced well, and piled up sky-high.✔ Etc. Etc. Etc.That said, very little of it matters when you actually read the book. When the author has a way with words and has fun with the language, for the reader, the reading becomes fun:✔  "Look," he says. "Lighten up. I'm killing your husband for you, aren't I?"✔ The most exciting part of her day is making toast, and her biggest decision is whether to butter it.✔  "...Local guy named Darryl Rhodes. Jack Russell had been banging Darryl's wife, Abbey." "Abbey Roads?" Callie says.✔  "What's a Monty Python?" "Something completely different."Granted, this book should do better with the existing Donovan Creed fans than with neophytes, but the rapid fire dialog, the puns, and the plot twists should keep you reading. There is a bit of Raymond Chandler influence to the mystery and a touch of Rex Stout to the pacing. The dialog-driven narrative, while a bit busy at times, is entertaining. Fun read.