Bad Things Happen

Always on the lookout for a clever crime novel, when this one showed up on the New Fiction table at Bankrupt Megastore, it went directly onto the want list. Got it for Christmas. (Thank you, Santa!) In this story a man calling himself David Loogan gets involved with crime fiction magazine editor's wife. The editor soon ends up dead and more bad things happen in quick succession. The story hooks you strongly in the first 70 pages and then messes a bit with your expectations as you continue. Cool story, lots of fun, zippy style. I plowed through it. Part of the fun is the way the author pokes fun of or works in the usual mystery clichés, since several of the characters in the book are mystery writers. Also, it's fun to read a stand-alone story, i.e. one not part of a series with a recurring character. Highly recommended.