This is a well written and amusing story, but I prefer main characters that try to do smart things and not letting themselves get beat up.

This is my first reading of this author, and the reason I tried this book was the attraction of humour enrobing crime in the world of sports memorabilia. After the season we had with the Chicago Cubs (not to mention the Sox) I thought this one sounded likely to provide a smile or two.
It has many outrageous characters, extreme situations for our man Quick and some gnarly criminals and what they are willing to do to pass off forgeries for big money.
I did not read the first Quick book but I figure there will be another coming soon for reasons I won't reveal to keep from spoiling this for others. People really into sports will enjoy this book I think.
Rather a lot of the scenes could be described as male fantasies until it comes to physical punishment and then...not so much.