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Lucky
Dey, an on-again/off-again Los Angeles County Sheriff's detective
is both willful and acerbic to a dangerous fault. While in a
holding pattern for official reinstatement, Lucky accepts a
one-time private detective gig to track down the missing teenage
daughter of a Midwestern software millionaire. This first Lucky
Dey Novel winds its way through an L.A. landscape where the lights
are bright, but the edges can be dark, perilously frayed, and
populated with mix of human predators, amusing losers, and
ambitious fringe dwellers."
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Copy provided by the author in
exchange for an honest review.
A teenage girl runs away from home.
Having the body of a model, she tries to achieve the American Dream.
Instead, she ends up as a dancer and possibly prostitute. But her
father is after her, he'll do whatever it takes to bring his little
girl back home.
But dad doesn't know where to start his
search from. So he hires Lucky Dey, ex-cop, private investigator.
Lucky is everything but an ordinary PI. He does the things on his own
way.
Karrie is fifteen years old. She thinks
she has everything she needs to become a model or actress, to become
famous. Running away from a broken home is not that hard. But the
road to the fame is hard. She dances on parties for money, and there
she meets another dancer, Cherry. She introduces her in the world of
photography and acting. But along with the ticket to the world of
rich and famous, comes the side path of human trafficking and
prostitution. Young provincial girls are target of pimps and drug
dealers. And serial killers!
But when Lucky gets the things in his
own hands, everyone is a suspect, everyone is on the target. He might
be rough and hard to deal with, but when he starts something, he
finishes it, no matter what. A teenage girl is missing, he'll walk
across dead bodies if he has to, but that girl is going to be save!
When ever I think of Lucky Dey, the
image of Liam Neeson pops up in my mind. Big bad guy, with a heart of
gold underneath all that rough surface. If this books turns into a
movie one day, the only person that I can imagine acting Lucky is no
one else but Liam Neeson.
This is my second book by Doug
Richardson and I must say that action is not lacking in his books.
The story is full of adrenaline-rushed nail-biting moments and ending
that literally made my jaw dropped. If you want a calm read, this
isn't a book for you. But if you want a real page-turner and a
fast-paced story that won't let you sleep until you finish it, then,
this is a perfect book for you! And knowing that Doug Richarson is
also a screen writer, I would expect to see this book turning into a
movie very soon. Because this book really deserves that! Totally
recommended!
My opinion: 5 / 5.
