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Tony Mandolin Mystery #1
A Slight Case of Death [Dramatized Adaptation]
"I have a new hero, Tony Mandolin, Private Eye Supreme.
This story has it all, a good detective story, a mystery to solve, a little fantasy and good clean fun."
~ Paul J. for Readers Favorite
Tony Mandolin is a private eye living and working in modern day San Francisco, California. When Mandolin takes on a case that mixes him up into the affairs of mob bosses, bureaucrats, pixies and aristocratic vampires, life as he knows it radically changes...and the City by the Bay will never be the same.
Nothing is at it seems...
Vampires don't exist, do they? That's a question Private Detective Tony Mandolin finds himself pondering as the evidence piles up pointing to just that in a case involving a string of dead redheads and the usual dose of weirdness San Francisco has to offer.
To complicate things, Mandolin doesn't appreciate the perception of those around him that he's become the latest golden boy of Fog City's crime boss. And then there is his NFL-sized black cross-dressing friend Frankie... Ahh, just another day in San Francisco.
This story has it all, a good detective story, a mystery to solve, a little fantasy and good clean fun."
~ Paul J. for Readers Favorite
Tony Mandolin is a private eye living and working in modern day San Francisco, California. When Mandolin takes on a case that mixes him up into the affairs of mob bosses, bureaucrats, pixies and aristocratic vampires, life as he knows it radically changes...and the City by the Bay will never be the same.
Nothing is at it seems...
Vampires don't exist, do they? That's a question Private Detective Tony Mandolin finds himself pondering as the evidence piles up pointing to just that in a case involving a string of dead redheads and the usual dose of weirdness San Francisco has to offer.
To complicate things, Mandolin doesn't appreciate the perception of those around him that he's become the latest golden boy of Fog City's crime boss. And then there is his NFL-sized black cross-dressing friend Frankie... Ahh, just another day in San Francisco.
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Robert Lee Beers
55 books13 followersRobert Lee Beers (born 1951 is an author and an artist involved in graphic arts, illustration, and fine art.
Originally from Eureka, California, Beers attended Arcata High School and Humboldt State College. He currently resides in Topeka, Kansas.
From the author: I recently went through some changes with Amazon. In the process, every review I had, both good and the one bad went away. If it is not too much bother, and if you enjoyed my books, please take the small amount of time needed to post a review? They really do help.
Regarding piracy. One of my Tony Mandolin books was pirated in Hong Kong. By the time I discovered it, it had garnered about 53,000 reviews, most of them 4 % 5 stars. Pity Amazon doesn't take those reviews.
Originally from Eureka, California, Beers attended Arcata High School and Humboldt State College. He currently resides in Topeka, Kansas.
From the author: I recently went through some changes with Amazon. In the process, every review I had, both good and the one bad went away. If it is not too much bother, and if you enjoyed my books, please take the small amount of time needed to post a review? They really do help.
Regarding piracy. One of my Tony Mandolin books was pirated in Hong Kong. By the time I discovered it, it had garnered about 53,000 reviews, most of them 4 % 5 stars. Pity Amazon doesn't take those reviews.
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November 16, 2016
Harry Dresden had better look out!
"You are a smart man, Mr. Mandolin. That is why you have succeeded in your profession, in spite of your habit of styling yourself after a pulp novel character."
Tony Mandolin is a private investigator in San Francisco and when a beautiful young woman hires him to find her twin sister, he is not so happy to take the case. Before long he finds he's investigating a serial killer and some of the victims seem to have connections to the gangster community. Things get dangerous when Tony has to deal with the animosity of a corrupt police officer, the attention of gangland godfathers - and the supernatural.
Tony makes his own life that bit more difficult by refusing to carry a phone and he has to rely on the available phone booths to keep in touch with people. 'People' usually being Pat Monahan, the one police detective who has time for him. In addition Tony's life is also made more colourful by the presence of Frankie, a drag-queen, who adores him and is always wanting to help out.
I loved this book for so many reasons - but one was the fact that all the time I was reading it I could hear it being narrated to me in a snippy, Philip Marlowe voice. Tony Mandolin is such a successful pastiche of the Marlowe-esque style that after the first chapter you could be forgiven for accusing Marlowe of being Mandolin-esque.
"Stay back! I have a jar of capers and I'm not afraid to use it!"
This book is very well written. The first person narrative flows along and the dialogue is snappy, snippy and witty. Sometimes the humour is groan out loud and sometimes it's a definite chuckle - although I think I may have missed out on some of it not being a native. But even without any humour, this is rocking urban fantasy - and I mean rocking! The sense of an alternative San Francisco is very well set up, the characters come over as three-dimensional, totally developed individuals.
In urban fantasy it is vital that the supernatural elements fit seamlessly in to the world, and here they do. The gradual uncovering of them, leading Tony further and further in to this strange world in his own backyard, is undertaken with a graceful ease. The take on some supernaturals is awesome - I thought the vampire one of the most terrifying incarnations of the species I have come across to date. But even without the fantasy element you still have a really gritty PI noir backdrop with tough city life and gangsters. The struggle of a PI against the world with a handful of oddball friends, most of them fellow outcasts or tending that way and even the forces of law and order as his enemy.
Billy didn't just run to fat. For him it was a full-fledged joyous race into obesity.
For me there were few faults I could find that were going to stop me really enjoying this. The only things that came close is what seemed to me to be the places where the humour brushed very close against a PC line and the point where stereotype took over. Sometimes this did grate on my sensibilities. I also decided the author really likes the name 'Bambi' as two passing characters in the book get given it, fortunately far enough apart in the plot for it not to confuse. I also struggled to place this in time. There seemed a lot to indicate it was set in the present, but the near absence of some obvious modern technology did make me wonder.
I did hesitate between 4 and 5 stars, but the ultimate test of a good book for me, that which cuts the top reads from the ones I just enjoy, is if I am reaching for the next book as soon as the first is finished - and let's just say my reading list just grew by a few more volumes!
I would recommend this book to those who love urban fantasy and want to try it with a large helping of humour and gritty PI noir flavour sauce poured over the lot.
"You are a smart man, Mr. Mandolin. That is why you have succeeded in your profession, in spite of your habit of styling yourself after a pulp novel character."
Tony Mandolin is a private investigator in San Francisco and when a beautiful young woman hires him to find her twin sister, he is not so happy to take the case. Before long he finds he's investigating a serial killer and some of the victims seem to have connections to the gangster community. Things get dangerous when Tony has to deal with the animosity of a corrupt police officer, the attention of gangland godfathers - and the supernatural.
Tony makes his own life that bit more difficult by refusing to carry a phone and he has to rely on the available phone booths to keep in touch with people. 'People' usually being Pat Monahan, the one police detective who has time for him. In addition Tony's life is also made more colourful by the presence of Frankie, a drag-queen, who adores him and is always wanting to help out.
I loved this book for so many reasons - but one was the fact that all the time I was reading it I could hear it being narrated to me in a snippy, Philip Marlowe voice. Tony Mandolin is such a successful pastiche of the Marlowe-esque style that after the first chapter you could be forgiven for accusing Marlowe of being Mandolin-esque.
"Stay back! I have a jar of capers and I'm not afraid to use it!"
This book is very well written. The first person narrative flows along and the dialogue is snappy, snippy and witty. Sometimes the humour is groan out loud and sometimes it's a definite chuckle - although I think I may have missed out on some of it not being a native. But even without any humour, this is rocking urban fantasy - and I mean rocking! The sense of an alternative San Francisco is very well set up, the characters come over as three-dimensional, totally developed individuals.
In urban fantasy it is vital that the supernatural elements fit seamlessly in to the world, and here they do. The gradual uncovering of them, leading Tony further and further in to this strange world in his own backyard, is undertaken with a graceful ease. The take on some supernaturals is awesome - I thought the vampire one of the most terrifying incarnations of the species I have come across to date. But even without the fantasy element you still have a really gritty PI noir backdrop with tough city life and gangsters. The struggle of a PI against the world with a handful of oddball friends, most of them fellow outcasts or tending that way and even the forces of law and order as his enemy.
Billy didn't just run to fat. For him it was a full-fledged joyous race into obesity.
For me there were few faults I could find that were going to stop me really enjoying this. The only things that came close is what seemed to me to be the places where the humour brushed very close against a PC line and the point where stereotype took over. Sometimes this did grate on my sensibilities. I also decided the author really likes the name 'Bambi' as two passing characters in the book get given it, fortunately far enough apart in the plot for it not to confuse. I also struggled to place this in time. There seemed a lot to indicate it was set in the present, but the near absence of some obvious modern technology did make me wonder.
I did hesitate between 4 and 5 stars, but the ultimate test of a good book for me, that which cuts the top reads from the ones I just enjoy, is if I am reaching for the next book as soon as the first is finished - and let's just say my reading list just grew by a few more volumes!
I would recommend this book to those who love urban fantasy and want to try it with a large helping of humour and gritty PI noir flavour sauce poured over the lot.
December 2, 2020
Tony Mandolin is a private detective in modern day San Francisco but he might as well be from the Sam Spade era. There's been a peculiar murder of a red-headed socialite which turns into more murders of more redheads all made to look like drug overdoses. Are they?
A wealthy man and a crime boss want the mystery solved without the police. It's typical pulp fare and well written, but then there is an unusual salt vampire as a suspect. Tony brings a gender fluid friend and a gang of hard partying pixies to join him to help solve this classic-with-a-twist who dunnit.
I loved it. This is my first Tony Mandolin story. It won't be my last.
A wealthy man and a crime boss want the mystery solved without the police. It's typical pulp fare and well written, but then there is an unusual salt vampire as a suspect. Tony brings a gender fluid friend and a gang of hard partying pixies to join him to help solve this classic-with-a-twist who dunnit.
I loved it. This is my first Tony Mandolin story. It won't be my last.
May 31, 2024
⭐️ 3.5 stars ⭐️
October 7, 2023
Wow, what a wild ride. Prepare yourself for the weird and wonderful world of private eye Tony Mandolin.
It’s written in the terse, smart-alecky style of Dashiel Hammet, Raymond Chandler or even Peter Cheyney. Set in San Francisco, the author Robert Lee Beers successfully evokes the feel of the Golden Gate City. The characters are colourful and believable, Toots Garber, Fats Muller and Frankie the transvestite to name just a few.
Mandolin is after a serial killer. Let’s not give too much away, but needless to say there are many twists and turns. It is at its core a crime fantasy, and the fantasy is what makes the Tony Mandolin story unique.
The author understands the “hook”. Every page and every chapter compels the reader to keep turning the page. It’s a great yarn. It’s easy to see why there are so many sequels. I for one will be reading more of the Mandolin series.
As an aside, the covers of the Mandolin novels are an absolute grabber. They say one picture is worth a thousand words and the cover does exactly that.
If you like fast- paced dark crime noir novels with great dialogue, you’ll enjoy” A Slight Case of Death.”
It’s written in the terse, smart-alecky style of Dashiel Hammet, Raymond Chandler or even Peter Cheyney. Set in San Francisco, the author Robert Lee Beers successfully evokes the feel of the Golden Gate City. The characters are colourful and believable, Toots Garber, Fats Muller and Frankie the transvestite to name just a few.
Mandolin is after a serial killer. Let’s not give too much away, but needless to say there are many twists and turns. It is at its core a crime fantasy, and the fantasy is what makes the Tony Mandolin story unique.
The author understands the “hook”. Every page and every chapter compels the reader to keep turning the page. It’s a great yarn. It’s easy to see why there are so many sequels. I for one will be reading more of the Mandolin series.
As an aside, the covers of the Mandolin novels are an absolute grabber. They say one picture is worth a thousand words and the cover does exactly that.
If you like fast- paced dark crime noir novels with great dialogue, you’ll enjoy” A Slight Case of Death.”
September 11, 2017
I really enjoyed this book. It was an excellent mashup between paranormal and noir. The characters were generally interesting. I can't wait to see how the world opens up.
However, there is a glaring issue. There is RAMPANT homophobia within this story, particularly towards the main LGBTQ+ side character, Frankie. Frankie was a DELIGHT, and my most favorite character in the entire book. The way they were treated by Tony and the gang, especially in a supposedly modern setting, was absolutely atrocious. Now, I know there are characters and people like this. I know that this is meant to be modeled after old school noir. All that being said, it DOESN'T excuse this type of bullshit behavior. Now, this would normally be a deal breaker for me, but my interest in the world, other side characters, Tony, and Frankie is enough to keep me continuing this series. However, I'm letting you know now that the homophobia is bad.
However, there is a glaring issue. There is RAMPANT homophobia within this story, particularly towards the main LGBTQ+ side character, Frankie. Frankie was a DELIGHT, and my most favorite character in the entire book. The way they were treated by Tony and the gang, especially in a supposedly modern setting, was absolutely atrocious. Now, I know there are characters and people like this. I know that this is meant to be modeled after old school noir. All that being said, it DOESN'T excuse this type of bullshit behavior. Now, this would normally be a deal breaker for me, but my interest in the world, other side characters, Tony, and Frankie is enough to keep me continuing this series. However, I'm letting you know now that the homophobia is bad.
July 31, 2019
Whoo! This Beers guy has more fowists and turns than a corkscrew factory! I loved how Tony Mandolin demolished the "fourth wall" and made asides to the audience. Frankie was a hoot,too! We would be besties in -one or two hours for sure. There were teeny split infinitives and 'lie,lay,laid ' errors.The noir references are spot-on,and the Shatner jokes made me spit my java!
May 8, 2017
3.5 stars: (review request submitted by the author for an honest critique)
Based on mentions of Magnum, P.I., TJ Hooker and other pop culture name drops, I knew this book wasn't set in the 1920's or 1930's. However, A Slight Case of Death had the feel of a detective classic from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. You could blatantly sense who inspired Robert Lee Beers in his development of Tony Mandolin. Some of the word choices, conversations, made this modern day story appear as if we had stepped back in time. The mobsters also spoke like they were from Jersey or New York instead of San Francisco but with old school flare. At least in my opinion that's how they came across. I don't know any real mobsters so maybe that's how they converse. Eh, I digress.
Plot time....
A routine missing person case turns into the manhunt for a serial killer. To stop the killer (aka a vamp) Tony (PI) finds help in the unlikeliest places. But beggars can't be choosers when the boogey monster has his sights set on you. Gotta admit, despite the nightmare inducing man to monster transformation, Simon was quite the likable vamp. I can see why vampires can lure their prey so easily. You don't want to like them, but you also find yourself unable to resist their charm. Plus, like Simon, I always played with my food despite my momma's warning so.... Play on! :)
Besides Simon, I also adored Frankie. Frankie was so flamboyant, funny, and won the award for best character. Frankie brought life to scenes that were becoming stodgy. Frankie was the light this book needed when facing a creature only thought to come out at night. When I envision this Frankie, I picture RuPaul: an American actor, drag queen, model, author, and recording artist. Maybe after you read over his parts, you'll see a bit of RuPaul in this role too.
BTW: Many myths were squashed in chapter 20 about vamps but the real shocker came later when we saw what could harm a vampire. This surprising weapon bumped the score from 3 to 3.5 stars!
(Find more reviews/ratings at www.superkambrook.com)
Based on mentions of Magnum, P.I., TJ Hooker and other pop culture name drops, I knew this book wasn't set in the 1920's or 1930's. However, A Slight Case of Death had the feel of a detective classic from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. You could blatantly sense who inspired Robert Lee Beers in his development of Tony Mandolin. Some of the word choices, conversations, made this modern day story appear as if we had stepped back in time. The mobsters also spoke like they were from Jersey or New York instead of San Francisco but with old school flare. At least in my opinion that's how they came across. I don't know any real mobsters so maybe that's how they converse. Eh, I digress.
Plot time....
A routine missing person case turns into the manhunt for a serial killer. To stop the killer (aka a vamp) Tony (PI) finds help in the unlikeliest places. But beggars can't be choosers when the boogey monster has his sights set on you. Gotta admit, despite the nightmare inducing man to monster transformation, Simon was quite the likable vamp. I can see why vampires can lure their prey so easily. You don't want to like them, but you also find yourself unable to resist their charm. Plus, like Simon, I always played with my food despite my momma's warning so.... Play on! :)
Besides Simon, I also adored Frankie. Frankie was so flamboyant, funny, and won the award for best character. Frankie brought life to scenes that were becoming stodgy. Frankie was the light this book needed when facing a creature only thought to come out at night. When I envision this Frankie, I picture RuPaul: an American actor, drag queen, model, author, and recording artist. Maybe after you read over his parts, you'll see a bit of RuPaul in this role too.
BTW: Many myths were squashed in chapter 20 about vamps but the real shocker came later when we saw what could harm a vampire. This surprising weapon bumped the score from 3 to 3.5 stars!
(Find more reviews/ratings at www.superkambrook.com)
August 25, 2019
*I received a free copy of this book via Voracious Readers Only and with thanks to the author. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.*
The blurb, the cover, the first half of the plot, are all pure classic detective noir with this first-in-a-series from Robert Lee Beers. We are introduced to characters named things like Toots and Fats, plus a supporting cast of gangsters, broads, hookers and molls. Tony Mandolin himself is definitely from the Sam Spade / Philip Marlowe mould of hardboiled detectives with a soft spot for the dames who do them wrong.
Fellow fans of urban fantasy can easily list another modern detective that fits this mould, and sure enough Tony himself notes that there is a wizard guy in Chicago who advertises his services in the Yellow Pages. And sure enough, as the story progresses we gradually notice that things aren’t quite adding up to the world that we know, and that vampires may actually be real after all… along with the pixies, the fae, and other things that go bump in the night and crave human food and/or booze (and/or blood and body parts).
The plot is well-constructed and is mostly well-paced too, although after an epic buildup I found the ending somewhat anticlimactic. The showdown with the main villain is quite quick, almost rushed, and the resolution is a little unsatisfying. However, this is mainly because parts of the plot are (necessarily) left unresolved to lead on to bigger-picture mysteries later in the series.
Fans of The Dresden Files will enjoy Beers’ style here and the snarky humour, as will any who enjoy a bit of urban-magic detective noir.
I’m Tony Mandolin and I handle the weird ones.
– Robert Lee Beers, A Slight Case of Death
Review by Steph Warren of Bookshine and Readbows blog
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpres...
The blurb, the cover, the first half of the plot, are all pure classic detective noir with this first-in-a-series from Robert Lee Beers. We are introduced to characters named things like Toots and Fats, plus a supporting cast of gangsters, broads, hookers and molls. Tony Mandolin himself is definitely from the Sam Spade / Philip Marlowe mould of hardboiled detectives with a soft spot for the dames who do them wrong.
Fellow fans of urban fantasy can easily list another modern detective that fits this mould, and sure enough Tony himself notes that there is a wizard guy in Chicago who advertises his services in the Yellow Pages. And sure enough, as the story progresses we gradually notice that things aren’t quite adding up to the world that we know, and that vampires may actually be real after all… along with the pixies, the fae, and other things that go bump in the night and crave human food and/or booze (and/or blood and body parts).
The plot is well-constructed and is mostly well-paced too, although after an epic buildup I found the ending somewhat anticlimactic. The showdown with the main villain is quite quick, almost rushed, and the resolution is a little unsatisfying. However, this is mainly because parts of the plot are (necessarily) left unresolved to lead on to bigger-picture mysteries later in the series.
Fans of The Dresden Files will enjoy Beers’ style here and the snarky humour, as will any who enjoy a bit of urban-magic detective noir.
I’m Tony Mandolin and I handle the weird ones.
– Robert Lee Beers, A Slight Case of Death
Review by Steph Warren of Bookshine and Readbows blog
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpres...
July 31, 2019
I received a complimentary copy of this book via voracious readers for review. A serial killer is attacking young women, predominately redheads and PI Tony Mandolin is on the case. Some great characters, I especially loved cross dressing sidekick Frankie, humour, weirdness in the form of vampires and pixies, cops and gangsters. All in all a great mix of characters, a good fast paced story, not a genre I would normally read but enjoyable just the same. Well woth reading I would recommend you give it try.
November 5, 2019
I received a copy of this book from Voracious Readers Only in return for an honest review.
I honestly enjoyed the book. I am a big fan of the stereotypical gumshoe mysteries; the hardened detective, the prostitute with a heart of gold, corrupt cops, goodfella mobsters rolling in dough, large henchmen with low IQ, et cetera. Throw in a couple of supernatural events, set it in foggy San Francisco, and a good yarn unfolds.
There were no real surprises, but I fully enjoyed the tale.
I honestly enjoyed the book. I am a big fan of the stereotypical gumshoe mysteries; the hardened detective, the prostitute with a heart of gold, corrupt cops, goodfella mobsters rolling in dough, large henchmen with low IQ, et cetera. Throw in a couple of supernatural events, set it in foggy San Francisco, and a good yarn unfolds.
There were no real surprises, but I fully enjoyed the tale.
March 24, 2022
Very cliche but wonderful!
May 31, 2024
⭐️3.5/4⭐️
October 1, 2024
I received this book in return for an honest review.
I really enjoyed this book. It was very interesting even before the supernatural aspect was revealed. Definitely worth reading. Thanks.
I really enjoyed this book. It was very interesting even before the supernatural aspect was revealed. Definitely worth reading. Thanks.
February 2, 2025
Very silly with great narration. An entertaining road trip listen. 3.5⭐.
June 8, 2025
I don't know why there was a supernatural element, to me it sounded super redundant.
April 9, 2012
Saturday, November 26, 2011ARC - A Slight Case of Death by Robert Lee Beers
A Slight Case of Death: 4 out of 5 stars
Being a hard-nosed bulldog when it comes to solving cases is never easy on Tony Mandolin. It starts to get harder when the daughter of a rich tycoon asks him to find her twin sister. The chase is on as bodies begin appearing one after another- all victims of drug overdoses…or are they?
A Slight Case of Death by Robert Lee Beers, takes off with twist after twist, leading to places the reader never expected to go.
This ARC was given to me as a free gift, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading this tale to the end! I got hooked by the twists in the plot that went through run-ins with crazy, flaming drag-queens, size-changing alcoholic pixies, and off-color vampires. I have to say that my favorite character was Frankie: the cross-dressing, flaming drag-queen who often tried to steal the show!
I'm sure that more excitement and drama waits in the next installment of this series!
A Slight Case of Death: 4 out of 5 stars
Being a hard-nosed bulldog when it comes to solving cases is never easy on Tony Mandolin. It starts to get harder when the daughter of a rich tycoon asks him to find her twin sister. The chase is on as bodies begin appearing one after another- all victims of drug overdoses…or are they?
A Slight Case of Death by Robert Lee Beers, takes off with twist after twist, leading to places the reader never expected to go.
This ARC was given to me as a free gift, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading this tale to the end! I got hooked by the twists in the plot that went through run-ins with crazy, flaming drag-queens, size-changing alcoholic pixies, and off-color vampires. I have to say that my favorite character was Frankie: the cross-dressing, flaming drag-queen who often tried to steal the show!
I'm sure that more excitement and drama waits in the next installment of this series!
April 29, 2017
Review of A Slight Case of Death by Robert Lee Beers
Tony Mandolin is a Private Investigator. He finds things, It's what he does and if he takes a case he won't give up till he solves it. That's his reputation.
This is the first book in the series and all the characters are jostling to make their mark. Which will turn out to be good guys ad which bad?
Tony is not in a good place. He is not successful enough to be free of money problems, more bills than pay cheques. He is too successful for the likes of the San Francisco Police Department who too often he shows up for their inefficiency. Cases are sparse till a stunning redhead insists, with a gun that he finds her missing sister then suddenly there is a queue of the sort of clients he would rather not have forcing large amounts of money his way. Add to this a seven-foot transvestite hell bent on drowning him in 'her' perfume and affections and he has more problems than a down at heel P.I. should have to contemplate over his morning coffee.
Take the bus (who would drive?) through the seamier parts of San Francisco with this modern day Sam Spade on a whirlwind ride through the rapids of crime in the city.
Oh; and just when you thought he has more than enough on his plate, Tony's eyes are opened to what else hunts the city streets.
Become acquainted with Mr Mandolin and his agency. After all, Tony takes on the weird ones.
Tony Mandolin is a Private Investigator. He finds things, It's what he does and if he takes a case he won't give up till he solves it. That's his reputation.
This is the first book in the series and all the characters are jostling to make their mark. Which will turn out to be good guys ad which bad?
Tony is not in a good place. He is not successful enough to be free of money problems, more bills than pay cheques. He is too successful for the likes of the San Francisco Police Department who too often he shows up for their inefficiency. Cases are sparse till a stunning redhead insists, with a gun that he finds her missing sister then suddenly there is a queue of the sort of clients he would rather not have forcing large amounts of money his way. Add to this a seven-foot transvestite hell bent on drowning him in 'her' perfume and affections and he has more problems than a down at heel P.I. should have to contemplate over his morning coffee.
Take the bus (who would drive?) through the seamier parts of San Francisco with this modern day Sam Spade on a whirlwind ride through the rapids of crime in the city.
Oh; and just when you thought he has more than enough on his plate, Tony's eyes are opened to what else hunts the city streets.
Become acquainted with Mr Mandolin and his agency. After all, Tony takes on the weird ones.
February 24, 2018
For readers that like Sam Spade style PI storys! Starts out as a typical PI murder mystery and then proceeds to drop the reader into the world of the Fae! Author basically gives you the gob smacked feeling as if a alcoholic Pixie suddenly appears in your booth at your favorite breakfast joint! Very entertaining read!
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October 24, 2018This was an enjoyable read. I will look for the next one.
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