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Just out in paperback, Ford's jaunty first mystery introduces a Seattle sleuth called Leo Waterman -- the rebellious scion of a powerful family who carries the spirit of the '60s around with him like dirty laundry. When an old mobster friend of his father hires him to look for his missing granddaughter, Leo recruits a clutch of homeless people to help in the search. The same lively writing and exciting plotting also add zest to Ford's second Waterman story, Cast in Stone.

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Debut entry in the Leo Waterman series, starring a Seattle-based private eye with an off-beat sense of humor.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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3.0�toiles sur 5 should i read the 2nd in this series?, Avril 12 2004

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If it's just like this one, I don't think so. Reading this makes me realize how fortunate it is to have believable characters and situations in a novel. For example, the main character just doesn't seem to have much of a history, life experiences that would explain how little problem he has killing villians in the novel. He seems like a bit of an amateur detective, and it would've rang more true with me if he didn't kill others easily nor display jackie chan-like fighting maneuvers. There's little suggestion earlier that he has the background for such skills and/or coolness under pressure. There are other such instances in the novel. I'm still giving it three stars since I did manage to finish the book, and am curious enough to consider reading another in the series, but really if it's more of the same, I don't think so.

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5.0�toiles sur 5 Fresh, Colorful Characters Add to New PI Mistery, Oct. 13 2003

Par	Martin W. Eldred (Eagle River, AK United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires (REAL NAME)

I have just finished reading the whole Leo Waterman series (as of 2003) and must say I enjoyed it greatly. "Wanda Fuca" is a great beginning to a great series.

Having been born and raised in Seattle, but now living in Alaska, I did enjoy follwing the geography as PI Leo Waterman scoots around the Puget Sound region, sort of a nostalgic "old home week", but that was not what held my attention.

What for me sets this book apart from the rest of the "hard boiled PI" genre are the characters that Ford gives us. The are fresh, memorable and we care about them. It would be easy to make Leo's "domestically challenged" team of drunks mere two-dimensional throw-aways, but Ford fleshes them out with humor, without being condescending, and a complexity that I had never considered for "bums". These are multi-leveled people with stories behind them. I found I really same to like "The Boys" and their addition as Waterman's helpers is one of the most compelling aspects to this novel, and to the series as a whole.

If Ford's characters caught my attention, his writing style helped keep it. His action scenes are beleivable; his descriptions are terse, but evocative; and there is a self-depretiation that flows from Ford through Leo Waterman that I found both refreshing as well as compelling.

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3.0�toiles sur 5 Moderately Amusing, Sep 18 2002

Par	John D. Costanzo "johndc" (Bensalem, PA USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires (REAL NAME)

This was a moderately amusing first novel by G.M. Ford. It was entertaining and fast paced, but it felt a little too much like a "made for TV" movie. There are some funny scenes, but I thought a lot of it was just silly.

You will get a pretty good sense of Seattle and suburbs, and Waterman is an interesting PI. But there isn't enough here to have me rush out and get the next in the series. There is too much better stuff out there. I recommend this only if you are an avid reader of the "hard-boiled PI" genre.

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3.0�toiles sur 5 Somewhat Disappointing
This novel introduces the occasionally amusing Seattle detective Leo Waterman and his posse of down-and-out assistants. Read more

Publi� le Juil 24 2001 par JD Cetola

4.0�toiles sur 5 What a hoot! :D
I realize this is more of a "me-too" review than any particularly earthshattering revelation about the plot or the author, but as I sit here laughing just thinking about... Read more

Publi� le D�c 7 2000 par Michael R. Eiger

4.0�toiles sur 5 A fun quick read
A wisecracking P.I. is hired by a Mafia don to ride herd on his beautiful nymphomaniac niece (or great niece) who is mixed up with a not so swift bunch of environmental... Read more

Publi� le Mars 16 2000 par Mitchell Ayer

5.0�toiles sur 5 Hooray! A worthy new author!
G.M. Ford has banged a series of home runs! His lead character operates like none other, yet in the best tradition of Travis McGee and Spencer. Read more

Publi� le Mars 19 1999 par Rick Mohr (rem@pacificjetting.com)