A Man Named Doll (The Doll Series, Book 1) - Crime Thriller Novel for Mystery Lovers, Perfect for Late-Night Reading & Book Club Discussions

I'd give this book a 4.5 rating. Doll is different. He is a messed up and somewhat pitiful character which makes him all the more humanly relatable. The story line is both amusing and dark if that is possible. Noir is one description - dark, dark comedy another.As for the bull - well Doll is the bull on a mission of sorts. After going down one aisle in the shop accidentally breaking things - he looks around the corner and sees the next aisle which he promptly and blindly moves down breaking yet more things as he goes. Is it that his brain is small like a bulls' or are there other reasons. Indeed there are "some" reasons as we penetrate his psyche. We the readers somehow find a sense of logic in reading his mournful mind. Doll, once a cop, is now a PI, and one wonders how he survived long enough as a cop to even become a PI. All of this of course is great fun for us wanderers looking in.The bad guy part of the story is also different then most. It is not predictable or readily penetrated until the point when all (well all of the most important) threads come together. The climatic part will have one squirming. As options came and went unfulfilled I couldn't stand waiting and kicked into the speed reading mode - a page turner of a page turner so to speak.After taking a breather to rest my fingers at the end there was a wrap up to the story. The wrap up was satisfying but I think too perfunctory given what we have just been through. I wish there was more space devoted to one character in particular - you know like a chocolate after a good meal to help settle us. Did I mention that this was a great read but maybe not as much for those with a weak stomach although that one piece of chocolate will help.