Dan Taylor (2)

Lloyd Onion Eats at Night (Jake Hancock Universe #9) by Dan Taylor is a weird but fun, a bit of dark humor, book. A poor guy with a name with the last name of Onion, works at a video store in 2010. His life is perfect he thinks. Then, his brother puts a doubt in his head about his wife. From there, it's down hill from there! Things get worse and worse! It is sadly hilarious! He just never gets a break! 😁 Witty, clever, dark humor in places but still funny! The title? He has this thing where he gets up and eats every night.… (mer)

ummary : this is a decent, fun read. It left me wanting to read more in the series

I rather liked this book. It mixes a noir-ish, Travis-McGee-ish detective plot with a rather more light-hearted approach. The hero is something of a self-centered jerk, but with a good heart. The writing is clean, and the pace is fast-moving without seeming to be hurried. It is the sort of Sunday-afternoon book that begs to be read in one sitting, which is what I did.
On the plus side the plot is engaging, the mystery-to-be-solved is twisty without being obnoxiously so, the author cleverly drops enough clues in amoungst the red herrings to allow the reader to guess something of the solution (and without giving too much away until the end), and the characterizations are decently done.
On the down side, the detective hero doesn't do as much detective kind of work as I would have like to have seen (but then, I really enjoy the details of such things). The character of the hero is fine for this type of novel, but his sexual prowess and endurance smacks more of James Bond wishful thinking than reality.
All in all, the book is well worth your time if what you're looking for is some light, fun reading. I look forward to reading the next book in the series.… (mer)