The Blue-Haired Bombshell [Paperback]

John Zakour (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 4, 2007

The world's last freelance detective, Zach Johnson, must find the assassin who murdered Sexy Sprocket and two other members of the World Council. His investigation leads him to the Moon-and to a tall, sensuous, blue-haired beauty named Lea who possesses psychic powers, and powerful ambitions...

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"If you like your humor slapstick and inventive, you need look no further for a good fix."
-- Chronicle

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: DAW (December 4, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 075640455X
• ISBN-13: 978-0756404550
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #777,470 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A step backwards, but still a step, March 19, 2008

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Rekz kaRZ "rekz" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Blue-Haired Bombshell (Paperback)

More inspiration to stop reading the series, unfortunately.

I almost enjoyed the book, but not quite. Once again, a great setting, wonderful characters, and a plot that can't hold up to much inquiry.

The new gun was interesting -- but annoying. Maybe in the future EVERYTHING will talk and have a personality, but for me, HARV is enough human/machine conversation for a hard-edged detective of few words.

Felt like moving from a novel genre to watching a video game.

Again, would make a great movie. Very visually written.

These books deserve a little more focus on PLOT, re-examination of RESTRAINT by the writer, and stay ON GENRE.

And thank you for your work. I am a fan, albeit I'm growing disappointed w/this series.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cleverly Written Humorous SciFi, January 29, 2008

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SciFiChick "The SciFiChick" (Fishers, IN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Blue-Haired Bombshell (Paperback)

Private Detective Zach Johnson finds himself in the middle of a political battle between the Moonies and Earth. And the people from the moon are willing to do anything to win their freedom from Earth, including murder. When a young woman from Earth is framed for murdering three of World Council members, Zach follows his suspects to the moon. Zach must hunt down a murderer, while constantly on the lookout for those who want him out of the way.

A wonderful mixture of humor and adventure, this science fiction mystery was a fun treat. And though this is not the first in the series, I didn't have any trouble jumping into the story. The character of Zach Johnson is extremely witty, compassionate, and a glutton for punishment. His AI, HARV, has an extremely sarcastic and arrogant personality which makes him almost Zach's opposite. The rest of the characters are pretty satirical in nature, making for a humorous look into the distant future.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bumblegum science fiction, December 21, 2007

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John Ottinger III "Book Reviewer" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Blue-Haired Bombshell (Paperback)

Zakour has done a good job of giving the reader a humorous science fiction novel. What Terry Pratchett has done in using fantasy to satirize culture and the genre of fantasy, Zakour has done with science fiction. While the writing is perhaps not on par with Pratchett, the humor is close. The story is non stop action, as Zach bounces from one near death experience to another, all the while finding the clues that lead to the real culprit. I enjoyed it as great escapism for a cold and yucky Saturday.

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