Pat Ruger is an ex-detective and P.I. that is planning to finally enjoy his retirement. After setting out for the midwest in a motorhome to begin a nomadic adventure, it isn’t long before his nose for investigation takes him deep into a Missouri country legend. A run-in with a biker gang complicates Pat’s travels and a new pet seems to have unexpectedly adopted him, but it’s the Oblivion Highway … Highway that can’t be ignored.
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I enjoyed this book. The story is non-stop action. The RV life references are fun and add interest to the story that I have never read before.
The author himself is part of the RVing community, so having his main character, Pat Ruger, also being an RVer made the book a bit more interesting. A very easy cozy mystery book that had enough suspense to keep one reading.
This book by Jack Huber is the fourth in the Pat Ruger series that I have read and reviewed, and I have enjoyed each and every one of them. This book continues with the same “good old boy” type of comfortable writing style that I think defines the series. Talk about a character who constantly attracts trouble by being in the wrong place at the wrong time, that is Pat Ruger, retired, but never retired from helping someone in need. This book also offered some light moments to prevent it from becoming a totally dark and down murder mystery. Of course, Ruger always has “special people” available to him at any and all times to help him in his endeavors, which never hurts the cause or case. Looking forward to the next Ruger book. This is a voluntary review of an Advanced Reader Copy of this book from Hidden Gems Books.
Pat Ruger: Oblivion Highway #6 – After reading two flops by this author, this book is similar to his first book, For Hire, which was pretty good. The writing style is similar to FH, unlike the two others, which were too juvenile and Hollywood. The storylines were good. Pat is still a caring, helpful person that almost gets himself killed. There are a couple of new characters that will probably show up in the next book; both are great, a sex therapist and a Lab. The pace is fast and I found the book interesting. Hopefully, the author continues in this vein and doesn’t return to the writing style of the second and third books. I found this book on HiddenGems. 4*
Pat Ruger: For Hire #1 – This is my first read by this author and I found myself immersed until the last page and then picked up the second book. Well written, but needing some editing – none distracting, with interesting and intriguing storylines. This story could have been written by Joseph Wambaugh. The main characters are developed enough to be interesting; I’m sure as the series goes, we’ll learn more about them. They have good dialog and work well together. The pace was continuous, never slowing down while the storylines merged into an intriguing, substantial read. I did laugh about the sex scenes, not explicit, since they came off as male fantasies; all the sudden this old dude has all types of women, haha. But he is a decent person and I like him, a good main character. I found the sixth book of this series on HiddenGems and discovered I had several Ruger books in my library. 4*
Pat Ruger: Caribbean Shuffle #2 – This story picks up a few months after For Hire ends. Still with the male fantasies, but some are explicit now. Unfortunately, this story is not as well thought out or researched; it reads way too much like a D-rated Hollywood movie. Research would have shown how to communicate between ships instead of what was done; also, there is not a Naval man that calls his ship a boat. While the ideas were good, the lack of realism makes the story silly. Still needs editing. 3*
Pat Ruger: Native Species #3 – This story picks up in the same scene where Shuffle ends. As bad as Caribbean was with the Hollywood copying, this story is pathetic. Formatting is inconsistent, which makes reading it difficult. There is an extra space between each sentence, even in the mid of one person’s dialog, which is too Hollywood. AND, every female, especially the young ones, wants sex with Pat. Give me a break. What happened to the guy who wrote For Hire? Get him back, two out of three books that are poorly written and silly make me sorry I found Oblivion on Hidden Gems. I couldn’t finish this drivel. 2*