A Man With One of Those Faces

This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader as part of a quick takes post is to catch up on my “To Write About” stack—emphasizing pithiness, not thoroughness.
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I did a Media Res post about this audiobook, and it was as fun as it seemed at the time. It's another comedic crime novel–there are a couple of cops running around, but the focus is on a couple of civilians who should absolutely not be the focus of a crime novel. Which is what makes it work.

Looking ahead, my least favorite character (actually, I had a hard time liking him at all) seems to be the focus of the series. It makes me reticent to carry on, but curiosity might get the better of me.

But as a stand-alone? This works so well–a solid thriller but told with wild characters. It'd be really easy to edit this just a little and remove all the humor and end up with a pretty gripping thriller novel, but with the humor? I really strongly recommend this.

The narration is really well done, although the voice choice for Bunny McGarry irritated me–and I probably would've disliked the character anyway but it really didn't help.

A lot of fun to read. I don't know what I was expecting but this was better than expected. It's paced well and full of quick-witted dry Irish humor, genuinely had me laughing out loud throughout.