When the Shit Hits the Van by Chad Lutzke
My Rating: 4 Stars
Jinx inherits an apartment building in LA when his aunt Luna dies. When he arrives he meets the residents of the building. In addition to getting to know the building and its denizens, he's immediately confronted with a mystery pooper that's defecating in the parking lot. He teams up with the building's one-legged handyman, Roddy, to stake out the parking lot to catch the pooper. Jinx has always wanted to be a detective and dives into the poop mystery with gusto. Then, people show up dead and the real investigation has to begin.
Chad Lutzke is one of my favorite authors and I have deeply enjoyed everything that he's written. His voice is so authentic and he writes fantastic characters that immediately set up camp in your mind and heart. While this book is a departure for Chad, in that it's more of a crime story, it still has all the soul of his other books. Unlike many of his other books, I was not a blubbering crying mess at the end of this one. It seems that this might be the beginning of a series of books revolving around the Neon Owl apartment building and I will be here for all of them.
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