Lou Dunlop: Private Eye

Crosswinds #2

by Glen Ebisch

High school student Lou Dunlop is an average guy with above average problems. His father, a police officer, is keeping an extremely close eye on him. His best friend, Eric, has lots of money and wants the two of them to travel around the world. And the famous fictional detective, Philip Marlowe, often talks to him - but only in his mind. But Lou's world gets even more complicated when a girl disappears without a trace from his school. When Jessie Phillips, the missing girl's best friend, and a strange case in her own right, recruits Lou to help search for her friend, they both get more than they bargained for. Lou discovers that sometimes the people you think you can count on let you down, while the least likely people come through for you.

157 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1987

About the author

Glen Albert Ebisch lives with his wife in western Massachusetts. His interests include philosophy, yoga, and reading mysteries..

Reviews

[Mary L · Rating 2 out of 5]

Lou Dunlop: Private Eye really isn't that bad for a book published in the eighties. The MCs, Lou and Jessie, are both quite likeable, and I like their INFP x ENTJ dynamic, but, just like the other elements in this book, nothing is as developed as it should be.

The book also introduces interesting themes such as facing one's fears, and being true to oneself, and even randomly comments (surprisingly nonjudgmentally) on drug use and alcoholism, but the author struggles to take these themes anywhere meaningful.

The ending is predictable, anticlimactic, but also some somewhat nonsensical? Idk, I was really enjoying Lou Dunlop: Private Eye, but then it suddenly ended without resolving much :/

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* · Rating 4 out of 5]

I remember loving this book. Been gone for years now though

[Holly Letson · Rating 3 out of 5]

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