Linda Strong's Reviews > A Man Named Doll

2.5 STARS

His parents really had a sense of humor. With the last name of Doll, they could have chosen so many first names. The one they decided on was .. Happy. Happy Doll, he is .. although he usually goes by Hank or Hap.


Doll is an ex-detective, now working at being a private investigator. An old friend looks him up and wants Doll to donate one of his kidneys to him. Doll doesn't make a decision .. mainly because his old friend shows up at his house, with a bullet in his stomach.


The old man was already dying .. why would anyone shoot him? Doll is determined to find out.


In the course of about 24 hours, Doll kills several people and guess who the prime suspect is?

I really wanted to like this one. The character was great in that the love of his life is a dog named George. I know there was a good story in there, but it felt smothered in all the graphic violence that felt gratuitous. The man suffered so many injuries he should have died at least 5 times. Having one of his kidneys removed .. without his consent .... and then a day or two after this particular surgery, he's up battling the bad guys. Being an ex-cop, I found his treating a crime scene like it was nothing, manhandling evidence, hiding evidence and lying to the cops just annoying. Coming from a law enforcement family, I always look for some sort of credibility to hang onto. Unfortunately .. I found none.

Many thanks to the author / Mulholland Books / Netgalley for the digital copy of this crime fiction. Read and reviewed voluntarily, opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.