The guys James Lessor and
Skip Moore have come a long way from their moving truck days of Stuff
To Die For (reviewed here among other places) in a highly entertaining series of books. The
jobs are better, but money is still a huge issue. In this seventh and most
recent book in the series published last December, REEL STUFF: A LESSOR AND MOORE
MYSTERY, they continue to run a private investigation company and Skip
sells security systems. The guys they still have the knack for being in the
wrong place at the right time.
The job should be relatively
easy. They are providing additional private security on the set of a television
series called Deadline Miami. Famous
actor Jason Londell is doing a guest appearance for one episode before going
back to work on two movies out in California. He likes to do his own stunts and
at least one is planned for the television show. This particular stunt calls
for Jason run along a narrow platform and then jump off and land on the
tethered inflated airbag fifty feet below.
Unfortunately, something
goes tragically wrong this hot Miami morning and Jason Londell dies under the
watchful eyes of the production crew, a few bystanders, and Skip Moore. Skip
knows what he saw and is convinced it was a horrible accident. But, Jason's
actress girlfriend, Ashley Amber, is convinced he was murdered. Not only was
Jason worried about the stunt according to Ashley he was also getting
threatening emails. She wants Skip and James to investigate and is willing to
pay the bucks as she believes Jason's agent was behind it all. James insists
they take the case as, like always, they seriously need the money. Before too
long it becomes clear that it was no simple accident in a case that will lead
them back and forth across country to ferret out those responsible in this
twisted read.
Occasionally funny and
always moving forward at a steady pace, REEL STUFF: A LESSOR AND MOORE MYSTERY
puts Skip and James as well as the smart and beautiful Em in the thick of it as
they try to put the pieces in a shifting case together. While the trio makes
mistakes they also do a lot of things right in a tale that ends in a showdown
with their very lives at stake. One knows going in that the trio will survive
to investigate again another day. The real question is how they will do that
and the answer results in a very entertaining read from start to finish.
REEL STUFF: A LESSOR AND MOORE
MYSTERY
Don
Bruns
Oceanview
Publishing
ISBN#
978-1-60809-096-9
December
2013
ARC
(hardback and e-book available)
295
Pages
$26.95
Material supplied by the author in exchange for my
objective review.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2014
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