Mort Angel was trying to get his private investigator's
license. Mort was
working for Maude, but Mort called her Ma. Somehow, Mort always
ends up in the wrong places, and this time is no different.
Mort is soon
hired by a woman named Danya. When Mort arrives at her home, he
notices a man, Vince, coming out of the back door. Mort
confronts him
and asked him what he was doing. Vince tells Mort that he
works for a
magazine and trying to get the scoop on Danya and Shanna.
After telling the man to leave the property, Mort asks
Shanna what is
going on. Without telling him much, Shanna takes Mort to the
garage,
where they are surprised to find the dead body of Jo-X, who
happens
to be a very popular singer who has been missing for a few
days.
Shanna has no idea how the body got there, or why she and Danya
received a letter asking for a million dollars. Just as Mort
is going to ask
Shanna some more questions, she bolts. Mort knows that he
has to call
the cops, but since he doesn't have a great relationship
with them he
decides to wait a little bit. Of course, when the cops do
come, he is put
under arrest. One of the detectives that show up is Danya's
father
Russell, who does not like Mort at all.
After he realizes that Mort is not the murderer, Russell
hires Mort to
find his daughter and to find out is going on. Mort agrees
to try and
find both Danya and Shanna. This case takes him to Vegas
where he
meets up with Lucy. Lucy has decided that she is going to be
Mort's
assistant whether he likes it or not. Together, they go out
to try to solve
this mystery.
Rob Leininger's GUMSHOE ON THE
LOOSE is a wonderful book about murder. Even though this
is a
murder mystery, it really does have some funny parts to it.
I truly
enjoyed the relationship between Mort and Lucy. They make a
great
pair. At times I did get a little confused on certain
characters, but I was
able to straighten it all the more I read. I will definitely
seek out more of
Leininger's books. Hopefully, the next book will be more of
Mort and
Lucy!
IRS agent-turned-PI Mortimer Angel is relaxing in a hole- in-the-wall bar in a Reno casino when an attractive young girl hires him to find out who left her a cryptic message demanding a million dollars. At the girl’s house, Mort finds the body of missing rapper Jonnie Xenon—Jo-X to his legions of fans—hanging from the rafters with two bullet holes in him. Mort is shocked when he learns the identity of the girl’s father—and even more shocked when the father hires him to investigate the murder. Mort-being-Mort accumulates a few felonies as he follows the clues to Las Vegas. And along the way, he picks up an alluring young assistant who changes his life—in every conceivable way.
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