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Better Together
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
In this strange tongue-in-cheek mystery for the Christian market, a peculiar plot and apparently intentionally odd prose combine in a parody that fails to come off. Private detective Joe LaFlam is a Perry Mason wannabe on evangelical Christian steroids, who lives with his mother and drives a taxi at night. When the toothsome Brittany Morgan arrives in his office ("a lovely female head attached to a svelte body in a trim peach suit"), LaFlam agrees to find Brittany's sister, Bertie, who has apparently joined the cult of the Latter-Day Druids. "Oh Joe... if the Druids sacrifice Bertie to Allah, I'll die. I'll just die," wails Brittany. To complicated matters, Joe discovers a plot by the Grand Royal Order of the Spelunkers Global, a secret society "clandestinely erecting mini-pyramids in the sewer systems of every major city in the world for the insidious purpose of creating an underground power matrix." In the midst of this, Joe decides to embark on a "spiritual" fast, which is the subject of endless asides about bad breath and junk food. Some will get a few guffaws out of the author's jibes at Christian subculture (Left Behind is the butt of at least one joke), but most of the humor strangles in the mishmash of rambling dialogue and bizarre plot lines.
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Bye Bye, Bertie Author: Rick Dewhurst
In this strange tongue-in-cheek mystery for the Christian market, a peculiar plot and apparently intentionally odd prose combine in a parody that fails to come off. Private detective Joe LaFlam is a Perry Mason wannabe on evangelical Christian steroids, who lives with his mother and drives a taxi at night. When the toothsome Brittany Morgan arrives in his office ("a lovely female head attached to a svelte body in a trim peach suit"), LaFlam agrees to find Brittany's sister, Bertie, who has apparently joined the cult of the Latter-Day Druids. "Oh Joe... if the Druids sacrifice Bertie to Allah, I'll die. I'll just die," wails Brittany. To complicated matters, Joe discovers a plot by the Grand Royal Order of the Spelunkers Global, a secret society "clandestinely erecting mini-pyramids in the sewer systems of every major city in the world for the insidious purpose of creating an underground power matrix." In the midst of this, Joe decides to embark on a "spiritual" fast, which is the subject of endless asides about bad breath and junk food. Some will get a few guffaws out of the author's jibes at Christian subculture (Left Behind is the butt of at least one joke), but most of the humor strangles in the mishmash of rambling dialogue and bizarre plot lines.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Book Description
Bye Bye, Bertie Author: Rick Dewhurst
Joe LaFlam is a private detective, a Christian—a single Christian that is, and a desperate-to-mate single Christian at that. One fine day a potential prospect . . . er . . . client walks through his office door and drops an intriguing case on his desk. The lovely (soon-to-be-found-out heiress) prospect’s . . . um . . . client’s sister is missing. "Bertie’s joined a cult."
Everyman Joe sets off to solve what will become not one but two kidnapping cases, to save the day, and get the girl (but not necessarily in that order). After twist upon twist (and some providential sleuthing), the ending may not turn out as Joe planned. It just might be better than he ever dreamed . . . or worse.
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