Although I don’t read mysteries very often, every now and then I enjoy something light and funny (the complete opposite of what I read in romance). Leanne recommended this one.
Stay at Home Dead by Jeffrey Allen
(2012, Contemporary Mystery) 4/28/13
Grade: 3.5
Stay at home Dad Deuce Winters is making his usual trip to the grocery store when he finds a dead body in his minivan. The victim is his high school nemesis, Benny Barnes, and soon everyone in Rose Petal, Texas, thinks Deuce is the killer. So Deuce decides to do a little investigating of his own…
This was a quick and fun read, although it didn’t quite hold up when thinking about it later. The book was very easy to read, with short chapters and an engaging writing style. The main characters (Deuce and his wife Julianne, the midget investigator Victor) were fun and well written. But the plot had a lot of holes, and some things didn’t make a whole lot of sense. This was a book with a lot of style, but not much substance. Still, it was fun to read.
My review sounds a little harsh, but still, I enjoyed it enough to buy the next book in the series.
Karen Wheless
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