Biff is a genie who is hired by a local photographer to locate some missing pictures. She however is killed and this puts Biff onto the trail of the Russian mob. Along the way he picks up a squirrel sidekick. Fun book but the Russian names are a chore at times. ( )

What fun! Last night I finished a charming story from the silver-tongued Neil Plakcy, GENIE FOR HIRE, the first book in a new cozy series (with a twist).

GENIE FOR HIRE features Biff Andromeda, a buff young-looking private eye with exquisite manners and a very nice conscience. Although Biff has been around for a few hundred years, he tackles some very modern problems with social media, pornography, and the Russian mafia.

Though no golden retrievers are found bounding through the pages, don’t despair, there are just as amusing anthropomorphic pets.

For an easy read with an uplift, read GENIE FOR HIRE.

http://www.reviewsbytdev.com/content/GENIE-HIRE-Neil-Plakcy ( )

A genie is working as a PI in Florida. A photographer asks for his help in retrieving some photographs of the wife of a member of the local Russian mafia.

I really liked the author's Mahu series, but this was a disappointment. Quite apart from the fact that it really really needs a proofreader, to be convincing the main idea needs a lightness of touch that just wasn't there. ( )