Cruel April

Cruel April, Neil Albert, Dutton, 1995. Genre: Mystery. 261 pages. Finished 4/5/10.

LesOpinion: If you're like me, you like your mysteries to have a little action in them. Enough with the mannered, lady-like mysteries of Susan Wittig Albert or that English lady with the handcuffs. Neil Albert sends his character (Dave Garrett, Private Eye) gallavanting around the Pennsylvania countryside, half out of his mind from lack of sleep and concussive head injuries, dodging bad guys in his two-toned Honda Civic, and cracking wise with comments like "she was so skinny she had to walk around in the shower to get wet." Yep, I'd happily read about five more Dave Garrett-themed mysteries. Too bad old Field Memorial only has one on the shelf.