This is a nice PI procedural with an appealing protagonist who is a good investigator despite a traumatic brain injury which left him missing a significant portion of his brain and disinhibition, so he always blurts out what's on his mind and is incapable of filtering or lying. This unsurprisingly causes him a lot of problems. There's a lot of humor here and not all dark or ironic. His relationship with his 11 year old daughter is priceless and sweet (she enjoys quizzing him about ALL kinds of things because she knows precisely what his brain injury did to his ability to obfuscate).
There is a fair amount of rough language and mature themes (used in context). There is a fair bit of violence and murder, as expected, but the descriptions aren't overly graphic.
In some ways, the book reminded me in a good way of one of my favorite series, Lansdale's Hap & Leonard, in its over-the-top violence and maverick good guy against the forces of nastiness as well as wonky, lolloping humor. I love love love his daughter. I'm looking forward to more in this series.
Five stars. Highly recommended.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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