Meet retired cop, Sam Prichard. Sam opens his practice as a private investigator, and gets his first real case almost instantly: Find Barry Wallace, a local rock singer who was on the verge of making it big, and vanished suddenly! When Barry’s body turns up minus his head and hands, the case becomes ominous, and now he has to find a killer, instead! The evidence comes together, and leads to the discovery of the missing body parts on the estate of a well-known talent agent, who stood to gain a lot of wealth if Barry had only agreed to sign the contract he had arranged, and the man is arrested for murder. But Sam gets a bigger surprise when that same man hires him to prove his innocence, and Sam follows a convoluted trail of clues to discover who really killed Barry, and wanted to frame the agent for the crime! Meanwhile, Sam has blundered into taking a job as the new lead singer for Barry’s band, and may be on the edge of a whole new career for himself! Come along for the ride, and you’ll get to hear Sam Prichard sing his heart out!
Really enjoyed the first book, this one not so much. I really enjoyed the first book, so I jumped right into the second book which really is a clear continuation.Â
Creative but unpolished This is a quick and entertaining read with lots of typos and grammar errors. It reads a bit like a fairy tale where everything gets neatly wrapped up so the main characters can live happily ever after. The author has clever creative ideas but needs a copy editor to clean up the finished edition.
Sappy I read the first and thought it warranted reading the second installment. The romance is overly cute and tedious. Too many quirks, the hermaphrodite, the neurologically damaged rescue cat, etc. It is not unique to this book but I am getting tired of the super-hacker buddy who gets into all files easily. It’s getting to be the deux ex machina of mystery and thriller novels.