I have enjoyed reading this series - they're light and they're funny. But this one was a dog, and I don't mean that as a cheesy pun. I hope the author isn't getting bored and running out of ideas. Trivia - the typos are out of control; He has a chapter entitled "Sewing Dissention", so a twofer in capitals. Since no needles were involved, I shall assume he meant "sowing", and "dissension" isn't spelled like that (bizarrely, he gets it right later in the book). More significantly there are plot holes. "The police had no evidence linking Jimmy to a crime but could pull him in for questioning". Well, what about 'jacking a DCI's car and assaulting and attempting to kidnap two pensioners, one of them the DCI's dad? What about the money and weapons found at the safehouse? In the real-world Albert and George would have spent several hours at the station making formal statements and working with a sketch artist. Armed organized criminals - I'm thinking taskforce, canceled leave, mandatory overtime and the number one priority for Blackpool constabulary to get these villains off the street. All fiction involves a suspension of belief and I accept that. The doggy-dialogs and the universal animal language that allows dogs, cats and snakes (but not humans) to communicate freely is an acceptable fantasy. But I still expect sensible people to try, for the most part, to behave sensibly. The jet-ski pursuit was beyond ludicrous. And did George not have the wit to call his DCI daughter before they took off, and say "This is what we're doing. Call out the SBS", rather than relying on the assumption that the jet-ski owners would find the theft promptly and raise the alarm, and not perhaps spend a couple of hours in the yacht club bar?