Fly on the Wall: A Fly Moscone Mystery

Fly Moscone

by Mike Hirsh

Meet volunteer sheriff's deputy Paul "Fly" Moscone and his buddy Jinx--a recovering journalist.

When Hurricane Charley whacks Punta Gorda upside the head and wealthy John Catlett is found dead in his penthouse condo, it looks like an accident. But Fly isn't so sure.

The guy was an art collector and an original Picasso is missing from this wall. Did someone use the hurricane as cover to off Catlett?

Meanwhile, who the heck is shooting at all the insurance adjusters swarming through town? And whatever happened to the free chips and salsa at Dean's?

With Fly and Jinx busting each other's chops and battling it out to narrate the story, Fly has an existential crisis. Turns out life is made up of shades of gray...even when driving a black-and-white. With a jigger of Carl Hiaasen, a snort of Robert Crais, and perhaps a shot or two of Jimmy Buffett, Fly on the Wall is a fun Florida mystery. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll run to make sure your homeowner's insurance premium is paid.

Genres: Mystery

292 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 1, 2012

Reviews

[dianne Snow-Posner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Was goodp.

It took me a while to read it. I only read it while I was going to sleep. Tonight I decided to finish it. When I got to the middle. I actual thought of shutting it down. It really really got boring. Too many useless details about their lives. But decided it had to get better. It did. So you need to read to find out what I mean!!!

[Janey · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is more of a guy’s book I think, not my style at all. I got so tired of the ball busting comments, the bust my agates comments, the weird Jersey Italian curse words. The story itself was OK, I was glad to find out who done it, but the story itself rambled too much for me and the guy stuff was over the top.

[Jan Norton · Rating 4 out of 5]

fun read

What was especially fun was that i lived through the storms that year with Charlie and the others. I live just a few miles south of Punta Gorda and I know the area well. Been to Deans and some of the other places mentioned in this book. I didn’t realize that volunteer police officers can do so much.

[Minerva King · Rating 2 out of 5]

I started reading this book because it is from a local author who will be giving a presentation in our library soon and I wanted to be familiar with his writing. It is a murder mystery set in our area of Punta Gorda. I liked murder mysteries, but was not impressed with this one. The main character was too "righteous" and I didn't quite understand him. The constant use of curse words, in English, Italian and Yiddish, also did not impress me. I was disappointed.

[Don Paske · Rating 3 out of 5]

Somewhat entertaining but the dialog sometimes seemed contrived. Having been to Punta Gorda, it was interesting try to figure out where the characters were during the book. It would be a great read for a resident of the town!

[Joyce · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was an adequate treatment of some retired Floridians, one of whom is a volunteer Sheriff, chasing down evil doers following Hurricane Charlie. It was somewhat humorous, but definitely not up to Hiaasen or Dorsey standards.

[Harold · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful, enjoyable book. I'll be watching for Michael Hirsh to write another one. I hope there is a sequel on it's way.

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one kept me interested throughout. Ending was good. I thought the main characters were well developed.

[Linda Turner]

Enjoyable light reading. Quite amusing, actually.