Cultured by D. P. Lyle

Jake Longly and super-hot Nicole are back with a new mystery.  Jake’s enormous sidekick, Pancake, continues to stretch the bottom line of Jake’s restaurant with his apparent insatiability for food. A self-help financial whiz guru who seems to be too good to be true is the main protagonist. One of his acolytes, a comely young woman, has disappeared and Jake’s dad is hired to find her.   Although Jake does not work for his dad, Nicole, and Pancake do and where they go he goes.

I enjoyed the book but not as much as the previous books.  Nicole is a fast driver and Pancake is an insatiable eater, which has been established in previous books.   Those two facts seemed to be overdone in this book.   Over and over again it was mentioned how much Pancake eats and how fast Nicole drives.  Perhaps a first-time reader would miss the redundancy but as a consistent reader. I just got tired of it.

I still think it is worth reading and it is entertaining.  The trafficking part is certainly frightening.   

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