Killer Career - Morgan Mandel

Thanks to Morgan for letting me have a copy of this one.

I went to see a play called Revenge when I was a teenager. It was one of those slightly odd plays where two actors played four roles and one other guy was found dead hanging on the back of a door. The experience was entertaining and a little odd. The play lacked a full cast and world building, it wasn't the full theatrical experience really, it lacked many of the things it should have required to make it work, yet it was definitely entertaining and I had a fabulous time.

Killer Career was a little like that. It didn't dazzle with it's twists (a life time of agatha christie and you've seen most of them) it had only three fleshed out characters and a small group of extras, the set was present but consisted of a few desks and computers and dinners rather than being a fully developed world. It should have been unsatisfying. As it happened it was a delightful read. I was having a wonderful time in this mystery romance romp and can only imagine that Morgan had a fantastic time writing it. Tyler was neatly balanced to begin with to ensure that Julie's initial interest was totally viable, Dade was a darling but reacted in a typically possesive manner to certain events which sold him to me, Julie was believable and likeable and the rest gave them some context but didn't really exist in any meaningful way, except perhaps Avery.

I'd been looking forward to getting my hands on one of Morgans books and I wasn't dissapointed. I have been working long hours this week with special olympics and was failing at reading everything I picked up, putting it back on the shelf a few pages in, but this hit exactly the right spot. It's a cute cover two.
If you want a read that will keep you grinnning all the way through you can't go far wrong with Morgan.