Stuff to Die For: A Novel

Don Bruns
Oceanview Publishing (2007)
ISBN 9781933515106
Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (9/07)


James Lessor and Skip Moore are friends from childhood.  James is a charmer that is always looking for a fast way to make money.  Getting a surprise inheritance of $12,000 he decides to invest in an older truck to start a hauling business.   Skip is the more conservative of the two.  He has a very wealthy, yet non-exclusively committed girlfriend, Em.  Em gets them their first job.  Em has a super-rich friend that wants her cheating husband’s belongings moved out of her Florida mansion.  James and Skip are hired to do the job.  Along the way, they accidentally discover a severed human finger in the ex’s belongings.  This gets them involved in a case that turns out to involve a faction that is trying to overthrow Cuba.  A mysterious character named Angel steps in to help these two bumbling characters.  They discover that he has a lot more going for him than they realized.

The action, in this story, is fast-paced and the characters are entertaining in their eccentricities.  There is also a beat-up, oil-burning truck that adds a great deal to the plot.  If James would learn how to drive it correctly, it wouldn’t be as fun to read about.  I would love to see more adventures based upon these characters.  “Stuff to Die For” is an incredibly entertaining novel.  If you like Carl Hiaasen or Elmore Leonard, you will love this book!

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