I was surprised to find that I was actually drawn into this crime story as that's not the kind of book I usually like. Several things made this book especially fun for me. I'm a Maryland resident who has taken several trips to Pennsylvania over the past few years so I was pretty familiar with the territory in which the story was set. Oddly, the book started off with Jack Dixon, the private investigator, eating peanut butter from a jar. I do the same thing and did so twice just by chance when Jack Dixon was doing likewise. When Jack Dixon was told to eat carrots instead of peanut butter, I was eating a carrot salad while reading that part of this book! This serendipity didn't have anything especially to do with the story, but it made it fun for me anyway! Last, I was very entertained by the humor in this book. Some of the one-liners by this author not only had me laughing out loud, but also had me writing down some great quotes.

Well, now to the story. It tells of a body-builder type of rough guy who lives on a boat house and is trying to make a living as a private investigator. He is assigned to find a missing teenager by the distraught, but rich, mother. The search for the teenager who has gone missing from his elite boarding school takes Jack Dixon to Pennsylvania where he has to deal with rough Nordic motorcycle club members. There is violence, but Jack Dixon fights tough with tough and the case is resolved.

I found this an entertaining read and look forward to the next book in this series which should be coming soon.

From this story..:

I'd found that opening up the bar this soon on the first day of the workweek was not precisely a formula for investigative excellence. ( )