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The Bum's Rush (Leo Waterman Mysteries)
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780380727636
ISBN: 0380727633
Label: Avon
Manufacturer: Avon
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: March 01, 1998
Publisher: Avon
Release Date: March 01, 1998
Studio: Avon
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Editorial Review:
Seattle's own Leo Waterman is back--along with the very motley crew of once and future alcoholics like Nearly Normal Norman who help him with his investigations. While looking for a missing member of the group, Leo and Co. stop a rape and get involved in the overdose death of a famous Seattle musician who might remind you of recent headlines. As in his two previous books in the Waterman series, Who in Hell is Wanda Fuca? and Cast in Stone, both available in softcover, G. M. Ford writes pungent, hilarious dialogue and manages to make us care about the lives of people we walk past on the street every day.
Packed with all the outrageous shenanigans that quickly marked Who in Hell is Wanda Fuca? and Cast in Stone as two of the most original mysteries in years, G.M. Ford crafts a devilishly funny and bat-out-of-hell paced novel featuring his smart-aleck yet irrepressible Seattle-based p.i., Leo Waterman.
Nobody loves you when you're down and out--except maybe Leo Waterman. As a man who has transformed a gaggle of residentially challenged devotees of cheap alcohol into a crack surveillance team, Leo has a soft spot for society's downtrodden. When a homeless woman says she's the mother of a deceased rock idol, Leo takes it upon himself to investigate the lady's claim, thereby embroiling the Boys, his dissolute deputies, and his own already bruised body in a high speed, life-threatening pursuit of the truth.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - And a Cast of Hundreds . . .
First the roster: Leo, Seattle PI; his late un/lamented father who ran for office in a red tux; Leo's "Invisibles," homeless alcoholics who work as operatives because they are invisible to Good Society; Beth the Professional Musical Companion (not groupie -- that's soooo retro); a missing librarian; a woman who bites men's thigns; and various continuing assorted friends like the Jed the lawyer, and Leo's lover Rebecca the pathologist.
Oh, yes, the plot. (With friends like these who ... Read More
Rating: - Good Read, Lousy Climax
I enjoyed this first experience with Leo Waterman and his crack surveillance team of "residentially challenged" dipsomaniacs (an adult version of the Baker Street Irregulars), but I hate it when I'm only a couple of pages from the end of a book and the climax and resolution haven't even begun yet. Here, we're on page 288 of 301 for the penultimate scene. Leo and his gang have had plenty of time to set up the sting but it all happens too fast and almost gets away from them. I felt like I was getting ... Read More
Rating:  - Enthralling
I would have started with the first of the series, but was unable to find it (since I was away from the Northwest at the time), so I settled with book three. This story is perfect - believable characters, interesting plotline, the best dialogue I think i've ever read - weaved flawlessly into one very funny book.
Best of all G. M. Ford knows his city well and taps into some of its eccentricities well, which is a special treat for Northwesterners. After reading "Skid Road" by Murray Morgen, ... Read More
Rating: - Bum's Rush well worth the read
If you haven't read the first two Leo Waterman mysteries, then you should. G.M. Ford has created a cast as confused and convoluted as his own name. He keeps you laughing without pushing it too far, creates great tension, and manages to get Leo through another crises once again (relatively) unscathed. Once you read this one, you'll want to go back and catch-up with the first two.
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