Peruse Palindrome: A Lamb And Lavagnino Mystery Authored By E.Z. Rinsky In Physical Edition

trying to decide whether to rate thisor, It's a good book. I enjoyed it. I suspect ratings are somewhat inflated, but also adoesn't quite do the book justice, This is a.for me that I'm rounding up to,

Overall, good book, fun mystery and I didn't guess the answer, but it totally make sense when it got there.
I was concerned that an important question was going to be left unresolved with an 'it's bad' excuse but it was not.
Instead cleverly just enough was given to make sense within the context of the story and not quite enought to drive the main character insane.
The characters were generally fun and fairly likable, They were not clones. All the players, even side characters, were fully realized with their own personalities, foibles and quirks and very different voices,

The issues that keep me from giving the book a:

There's a few things with moral compass, The characters believe they're generally good people, but prove in some major ways that they aren't really, This just makes them

human, but it kinda feels like they get away with more than they should and do less to for example close down a human trafficking ring than is within their power to do before the story even starts.


There's also a few fairly unrealistic things like the effects of vitamins shot into the bloodstream, Say what It reads like a drug, And places where general descriptions are just weird, People's faces tend to gather all kinds of color that I've never observed in real people glowing orange There are lots of things about how people smell sweat and general disarray and sexual odor but little about the environment and again some odd descriptions that put me a bit offbalance.


There's one unexplained, although not important to the story, disappearance that tends to niggle at the edge of my mind.


Finally, the main character is a bit too naive and certainly too quick to run off on a wild goose chase that he knows nothing about, without really looking for information, and with no direction to go just because he finds the person that hired him attractive, is tempted by lots of money, and, I guess, finds the mystery interesting.
And way way too inclined to drop his daughter to do so, It set up the story, but also makes him rather shallow and throughout he could stand to have more agency/skills,

Overall good, solid fun book, Read if if you like mysteries with a hint of the supernatural, Beginning to end, I simply loved it, This is my first novel from EZ Rinsky and I highly enjoyed it,

Mystery and murder, filled with lots of suspense and unnerved thrills of sleuthing around, All my favorite things put together for an adventure filled read,  

Here we have Private Investigator Frank Lamb, low on funds and practically jobless, embarrassingly just got done "persuading" an overpriced ice cream seller to accept a four dollar pay for a six dollar ice cream cup with his megnun gun tied to his waist.
Yes, it had came down to him frightening a seller to take his four dollars since he didn't have any other cash on him for his little girl.
He should be guilty but, he had no other choice, he wasn't going to stand at the back of the long line again just for a small cup of ice cream.
So, when miraculously an investigation job lands at his door, he was saved, A three hundred thousand dollar worth investigation, Cash only.  

Of course he was hesitant but the thought of all that money couldn't be erased from his mind, He isn't money hungry or anything but it'll sure keep his daughter well and secure for the future, The investigation however is what worries him, It will be dangerous. And just to find a missing cassette tape,  

But he has tagged along a professional tracker to help in the investigation, fellow PI Courtney Lavagnino, Don't be fooled by the name folks I sure did this Courtney is great at his job and can find one little seed in a bin full of corn.
Yes, Courtney is a man, And to think this was going to be a murder mystery with a hint of romance between the two investigators, Ha! 

Anyhow, with all the strangeness around this tape, the sleuthing becomes more than what they had bargained for but made then much more adamant to solve the case.
 

Frank and Courtney are perfect partners in what they do and I can absolutely see them opening their own PI operation business.
They both have opposite ways of thinking and are great at what they do and one obviously can't do authorities other in investigating clients' cases.
 

Frank we saw as more of a laid back father, coming and going but with purpose, He has priorities but will do with whatever comes his way, even bargaining with illegal doings, He's funny and knows how things "work" in the business and can change character as circumstances needs it, He's loving and soft but can also be tough and intimidating, but mostly he's always anxious, He's the charmer of the pair,

Courtney on the other had is more of the opposite, He's younger and tall but scrawny which makes him look like an addict or just plain hungry, A hippie, says Frank. Strangely he only drinks tea, no coffee or alcohol, and he's vegan, He's the more rational one and has reasons for why he does and doesn't do things, While Frank can accept and work with a pimp/sex trafficker, Courtney will not accept payment or have anything to do with any of those stuff.
He's brilliant and a bit of a history buff but it absolutely helps in what he does, However, he can also be a bit dense when it comes to certain things and can be forthright and impatient, which gets him into trouble.
 

The different characters we met in the story were fascinating, They were each given a personality that changed how the story and investigation moved, And gave insight on how they dealt with the knowledge of this "tape" roaming around, They also had backbone and depth to their character, and I liked how they were described through the eyes of Frank,  

It was exciting and suspenseful sleuthing for answers with Frank and Courtney, With each new lead it brought on a new horizon onto the case but also dragged confusion and more mystery to the investigation.
It got me on the edge of my seat waiting for something, anything to click and tie up all the loose and strange clues.
There wasn't so much as danger coming towards them but they can sure stir up some hot pots sleuthing around,  

The story was gripping with twists and turns and the Author is fantastic at creating some very vivid imagery, Very creative and very detailed, Lots of thinking and research were put into this novel to get the right feel for mysteries and crime, which yoy can tell from the way the story is uniquely told but also held the imagination and creativity points through the characters.


One thing I loved about this novel are the titles for the chapter sections, Play, Pause, Fastforward, and Rewind, It's as if I was "listening" to a cassette tape of the story, Duhh the whole investigation is looking for a cassette, It made total sense. My mind was blown.  

But the outcome of the investigation Wow! 

I absolutely enjoyed this more than I expected and definitely recommend this read.
With lots of suspense and unnerved thrills by the mystery and sleuthing for clues in locked away places, this is definitely fabulous for crime solvers.
Plus, it has some really great laugh out loud moments, I mean come on, the POV is told from ayear old man, there has to be some really great humor and jokes.


ARC provided by the publisher for honest review, .