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As in the first book of this series (Moody Gets the Blues, 1996), Oliver too often veers from a welcome offbeat humor into a serious lack of focus. It's the late 1970s, and the narrator is Scott Moody, a cabbie, Vietnam vet and former mental patient who applied for his PI license after having an hallucinatory chat with Humphrey Bogart. Moody, based in Mill City, Wash., is currently dating the rich and alluring Xanthia Welch even though he is still friendly with his ex-wife, Andrea, and enjoys the company of his young daughter, Andrea. For the aptly named Moody, this is about as good as life getsAtoo good to last, in fact. Shortly after getting out of Moody's cab, Xanthia's father, Andrew, is murdered. For the local cops, Moody is as good a suspect as any. Xanthia and Moody go on the lam to Seattle and points south, chasing down the increasingly elusive identity of Andrew. The dead man's real age is also a mystery, as is the authenticity of the Longevity Institute, located in Palm Springs, a place where time apparently stands still with the help of good genes, good eating habits and a lot of plastic surgery. The murder hunt grinds to a standstill as Xanthia morphs from loyal ally to Institute shill. Oliver gamely tries to tie together the three narrative strands centering on, respectively, a murder, a secret identity and a sinister organization. But while his effort offers line by line pleasures, the center doesn't hold.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
Thirty-six-year-old Scott Moody, ex-private eye, ex-husband, and ex-mental patient, becomes a suspect when he witnesses the slashing murder of his beautiful girlfriend's wealthy and socially prominent father. After the reading of a startling will, the girlfriend hires him to investigate matters usual (who killed her father and why) and unusual (just who or what, actually, was her father). Scott's search, which roves from Spokane to Seattle to Las Vegas, begins with public records, where he finds the first troubling news. While the plot's credibility is sometimes dubious, the late 1970s setting and idiosyncratic "hero" make this mystery work.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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As in the first book of this series (Moody Gets the Blues, 1996), Oliver too often veers from a welcome offbeat humor into a serious lack of focus. It's the late 1970s, and the narrator is Scott Moody, a cabbie, Vietnam vet and former mental patient who applied for his PI license after having an hallucinatory chat with Humphrey Bogart. Moody, based in Mill City, Wash., is currently dating the rich and alluring Xanthia Welch even though he is still friendly with his ex-wife, Andrea, and enjoys the company of his young daughter, Andrea. For the aptly named Moody, this is about as good as life getsAtoo good to last, in fact. Shortly after getting out of Moody's cab, Xanthia's father, Andrew, is murdered. For the local cops, Moody is as good a suspect as any. Xanthia and Moody go on the lam to Seattle and points south, chasing down the increasingly elusive identity of Andrew. The dead man's real age is also a mystery, as is the authenticity of the Longevity Institute, located in Palm Springs, a place where time apparently stands still with the help of good genes, good eating habits and a lot of plastic surgery. The murder hunt grinds to a standstill as Xanthia morphs from loyal ally to Institute shill. Oliver gamely tries to tie together the three narrative strands centering on, respectively, a murder, a secret identity and a sinister organization. But while his effort offers line by line pleasures, the center doesn't hold.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
Thirty-six-year-old Scott Moody, ex-private eye, ex-husband, and ex-mental patient, becomes a suspect when he witnesses the slashing murder of his beautiful girlfriend's wealthy and socially prominent father. After the reading of a startling will, the girlfriend hires him to investigate matters usual (who killed her father and why) and unusual (just who or what, actually, was her father). Scott's search, which roves from Spokane to Seattle to Las Vegas, begins with public records, where he finds the first troubling news. While the plot's credibility is sometimes dubious, the late 1970s setting and idiosyncratic "hero" make this mystery work.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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