Nominated for a Minnesota Book award. Art Hound is the 16th title in the award winning Dev Haskell series. Private Investigator Dev Haskell makes the mistake of having a compassionate side when he attempts to help out starving artist and sometime acquaintance Demarcus Cantrell for ‘just’ a couple of days after his girlfriend has thrown him out. In short order Dev’s home is overflowing with ugly … overflowing with ugly paintings, boxes of books, tubes of paint, cans of turpentine, rolls of canvas, no beer left in the fridge…and Dev begins to see things from the girlfriends point of view. Add to that the sudden appearance of disgruntled Farrell Finley, subject of Dev’s ongoing investigation and things start to get more than a little crazy. Demarcus suddenly disappears, there’s a kidnapping and things suddenly go from bad to downright terrible with a cast of international criminals and an investigation that turns out to be not all it’s cracked up to be. Art Hound Dev Haskell’s latest attempt at culture! Fans of Carl Hiaasen, Tim Dorsey and Laurence Shames love it!
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I like anything I read by this author. All his books are suspense full and cleverly written. I never know how it ends till I get there.
I didn’t know how it was going to turn out until the end!
Just finished reading this book yesterday and want to get the other 17 books in the series that were written before this one!
I truly enjoy the escapes Dev Haskell gets involved in.Always different and entertaining.Mike Faricy this should be a tv series.
Dev is as usually trying to get every gal he meets while being kind to everyone except the cop he hates. He keeps you laughing as his antics and solves the case and ads friends to his long list. Always enjoy visiting with him in these books.
Easy to listen to on kindle
Excellant, page turner….did not want to put it down and I NEVER saw the ending coming!! .
This is the second book I have read by this author. The main character is witty as he works his way through solving a crime. The plot is not too complicated but the situations he finds himself in sometimes are. This is a light comic read that can be finished in a short time
I was pleased that it was of similar quality to the others in the series. Will read more. Give me more.
Enjoyable read! Dev seems a bit more “mature” in this book as compared to earlier ones…
As with all the Dev Haskell books, you fumble around at first, then the story grabs hold of you, and the next thing you know you are almost done and trying to figure out who done it. This one has just enough sexy scenes, humor, and the right amount of Dev’s bumbling to keep you interested. Art seems to be a recurring theme with Dev, and thIs one won’t disappoint.
Great series, fun to read.
One more fun read.
A page-turner with wonderful, fun characters.
Love Dev!
I found that one of the characters was downright aggravating. This book was just not my style
I don’t think I’ll be reading more by this author. Good story, but too much cussing, drinking and kinky sex.
Didn’t like the old fashioned sexism
Plot never quite hung together for me
really thought it was redundant and drawn out.