Larry's Reviews > A Man Named Doll

The private eye spectrum runs from full functioning adult (Robert B. Parker, Kristen Lepionka, Robert Crais), give or take a quirk or two, to someone with a lot of baggage. Happy Doll is on the latter end of the spectrum, and sees a Freudian psychiatrist often. His drug use (some medicinal, after injuries, some recreational to smooth out the medicinals) is prodigious, but he is smart (except about himself) and functions well enough in the crunch. This outing's plot is good, and the writing is solid, but I'll withhold judgment on Doll until the second book appears. (NOTE: There was an earlier p.i. named Doll who appeared in two books, but it's been a while and I don't remember the author's name.)