Eh. Like bad pizza, it's good, but I've eaten better. Not exactly satisfying. Lead character is not quite endearing or clever enough, self-deprecating but not smartly.

An easy, fast read. Much more enjoyable than the previous book #3 Bite Me.

I liked this book. I'm enjoying the series, although I could do without Dev's constant stupidity with women.

Sexist piece of garbage

Female characters are all just sex objects, and many male characters are described merely by their large sizes. Worst book I've read in years. And all the roller derby references are inaccurate and out of date

It's been three years since I've dipped my toe in the Devlin Haskell universe. There are currently 25+ books in this series, and I found it easy to slip back into the 21st century tech noir that are so much a part of the appeal. It has been suggested that fans of Stephanie Plum will enjoy these books… I concur.

The recurring theme in the life of Dev Haskell is 'wrong time, wrong place.' He is a private investigator with a fondness for beer and women… lots of women. Heidi Bauer seems to be his go to squeeze when all else fails. Detective Manning and Haskell seem to have a double-sided relationship where Manning alternately arrests Dev and asks for his help. Let's not forget his disheveled lawyer Louie Laufen.

In BOMBSHELL, our hero gets picked up in a noisy bar by a sassy girl and winds up as security for an upcoming roller derby match between the Bombshells the local St. Paul team, and the Hasting Hustlers imported from the UK. As always, the big question is 'what could go wrong' watching over a bevy of gorgeous derby girls? The answer is, of course, everything!

Mike Faricy is very good at describing the characters throughout the book… everyone except Devlin Haskell. He leaves the looks of the lothario PI to your imagination. His success with women, albeit usually short lived, seems to indicate he is far from being a toad, yet we know nothing about his height, weight, hair or eye color. An interesting portrayal to be sure.

BOMBSHELL, like the first three books in the series, is a very fast read. The action keeps you turning the pages, and the mayhem that is the life of Devlin Haskell will make you shake your head and laugh aloud.

I guess I downloaded this Kindle book back in the day when I (and most of America) was really into Roller Derby. Wanted to be supportive of a new author, wanted to read about Roller Girls...ya know. But I finally got to it this past week and was sorely disappointed. It's only a little about Derby. It's mostly about an ass of a PI who is just as much misogynist as he is alcoholic. Also the plot is super predictable. Ah well. Trying to support lesser-known authors, but sometimes it doesn't work out.

Not a terrible plot (predictable, but not terrible), but REALLY terrible writing. Grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors made this really hard to finish.

Fun Amazon freebie eBook.

Roller derby, private dick set up & beat up, with a murder on top.