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Title: Cliche & predictable story, boring lead characters
Review: As a fan of the Spencer for Hire novels, I enjoy the crime novel genre. We all expect the tough-guy detective with a sharp wit and lots of disdain for the bad guys - its required. This book brings us a boring detective with a sense of humor that falls flat and a little too much distain for just about everyone. Maybe its just coincidence, but I get the impression that DeMille heavily and unsuccessfully 'modeled' the character after the Spencer character.The most annoying aspect of the book is that the real plot was obvious pretty early on - even before the author starts sprinkling the "Ping" comments throughout the story just to make sure you get all the clues.
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