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A Night At The Operation (2009)

by Jeffrey Cohen(Favorite Author)

3.9 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0425228150 (ISBN13: 9780425228159)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Berkley

series

Double Feature Mystery

review 1: #3 in the Double Feature Mystery series, and as delightfully written as the first two. I found this one to be slightly more serious than the first two, as movie theater owner Elliot Freed's ex-wife has disappeared. A doctor, she's given a critical diagnosis to an elderly patient, who then commits suicide. Things often aren't as they seem in Elliot's world, and it makes for some nifty plot twists. The characters are fully fleshed out and growing. It's fun to see teenaged Sophie, who started out in "Some Like It Hot-Buttered" as a sullen semi-Goth, blossom into a young woman looking ahead to college. It would have been too easy to turn her into a caricature, but Jeff Cohen has been a loving parent to his characters.The only reason I'm giving this book 4 stars instead o... moref 5 is because the suspense suddenly became anti-climactic (for me) about halfway through and quite never got its mojo back. But then, that's strictly my opinion. At any rate, there's enough mystery and humor in the second half of the book to keep me glued to it.Overall, it's a fun, light read, and I highly recommend it. I do recommend reading the previous 2 books in the series first. Unfortunately, this appears to be the last book in the series, as it came out in 2009 and there aren't any more after that. If the series has to end, "A Night at the Operation" is the perfect way to do it. However, it makes me very sad to think that there won't be any more new Elliot Freed adventures.
review 2: Elliot is such a sweetie. I enjoy watching his mind work out problems that occur, how he manages to get rides to places that are too far for him to ride his bike to get to, taking care of his people and his people taking care of him: at the theater, at the bike shop, at his ex-wife's medical practice. Even how he gets involved in the murder solving that keep happening around him. He has extra reason this time since it's Sharon, Elliot's ex, who is accused of causing the death of one of her patients. Sharon disappears, not answering her phone, and it makes her look all the more guilty. Elliot to the rescue. Would that I had a movie theatre around here in our neck of Colorado so I could see these classic comedies. Heck I'd want to work there. I hope he's working on another Double Feature Mystery, but at least I have the Haunted Guesthouse series to keep me happy, since he writes that one as E J Copperman...YAY!Five let's go to the movies beans.... less

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