Three stars

Story felt too rushed and didn’t flow well.

I voluntarily read an advanced copy.

This book was a real let down. I was really looking forward to reading this but I could not enjoy this book.

The description of the book was really good and that was why I chose to read it but it was a big let down. There were too many different plots and it was hard to keep following the book.

I couldn't always work out what was going on as well and I just gave up.

I don't know what it was about the blurb that appealed to me but when I received the book via Netgalley I was surprised at it's content. The story (or stories, as it has a number of sub-plots running concurrently) is that of an American private eye and his day to day work. The text is very American in character and there were a number of instances where I had no idea of what was being discussed. Despite this negative start I decided to persevere and began to rather like Nick Forte and all that he stood for, when suddenly, and seemingly out of the blue, it just ended and by then I was disappointed!

It reads like one of those old fashioned gangster movies. And it makes you feel like your in Chicago

The Bad Samaritan follows Nick Forte, private investigator on a wild ride as he seeks to investigate more than a few matters. The first, an erotic writer using a pen name has started getting salacious letters and worries that her private "author" life will bleed into her "soccer mom" life. The book contains at least five different subplots and although this is a book in a series there are so many characters that it's hard to keep them all straight.

Gritty, raunchy and funny this book includes plenty of explicit sex and language so keep that in mind before diving in. A very well written book - you'll find yourself really pulling for the main character and chuckling when the least expected happens - which it always does.

Bad Samaritan is the latest in King’s Nick Forte series, a gritty, realistic detective series set in The Midwest. Forte works as a protagonist because his story seems realistic. He deals with a lot of mundane stuff like running an office, tail jobs, and ferreting out secret letter writers. There’s no attempt to make Forte bigger than life with a .45 that never runs out of bullets and guns down everyone in sight. Forte is more ordinary. He struggles with anger issues, with temptation, and with things he is powerless to alter.

This story slowly builds up. By the end, you can see how some classic plot lines have been reimagined for today’s modern private eye world. The writing is quite smooth. This one is a real quick read.

It’s not necessary to read any of the earlier books in the series first. I didn’t. But I plan to get ahold of them soon. An enjoyable private eye read.