Dirty Martini

Not that I had a lot of complaints (or any, really) with Jack Daniels #2 & #3, but this one seems fresher, tougher, more clever. Jack gets herself into some really hairy territory here. I'll be honest, I thought I had it figured out right up to the point where the bad guy's identity was revealed–and couldn't have been more wrong.

There were a couple of new characters introduced here, one of which was so over the top and annoying I was dreading reading on. But Konrath knew what he was doing after all, shame on me.

A taught, nail-biter of a read. Good stuff.

Mixed feelings on this one. On one hand I liked it better than the last Jack Daniels story - at least from what I remember (it's been awhile since I read Rusty Nail). I basically remember being easily distracted while reading it. On the other hand, it feels a bit deja vu-ish to me. Jack, our gruff, sarcastic, fits in with the boys club, female lead character is once again chasing a diabolical criminal mastermind/mass murderer. The absolute constant “smarter than your above average cop until almost the last chapter” thing was getting a bit hard to swallow. At least he had motive other than liking to watch people suffer.

I still can't stand McGlade. Useless and Crude. I keep hoping he'll die. I keep being disappointed.

On the plus side, the humor was enjoyable and it was nice to see the “softer” side of Jack when she found out about her father.