REVIEWED by Jay V.

TITLE: The Hitman’s Guide to Righting Wrongs While Causing Mayhem

AUTHOR: Alice Winters

SERIES: The Hitman’s Guide #4

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 348 pages

RELEASE DATE: March 3, 2022

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Leland
Growing up, I was taught that getting too close to someone would be my downfall. But I’ve proven that wrong now that I’m happily married to Jackson, the greatest man in the world. The issue is that mayhem always seems to find me (which is definitely not my fault), and this time, it comes in the form of a woman looking for her daughter. What starts as a simple missing persons case turns into so much more, forcing me to rely on my found family and others, including a muscley “bear” who will definitely not whisk away my husband with his irritatingly sexy accent—I mean, yes, I’m very focused on this case… Jackson, don’t look at me like that.

Jackson
While Leland is “code potatoing” (whatever that means on his strange cheat sheet), I’m left questioning what he’s gotten himself into this time. At least he’s willing to let me assist him, even if he’s still positive that I should just “sit pretty” and let him handle everything. But with the girl missing, he knows we need to work together to determine whose game we’re playing because not everything is as it seems. Of course, when one gets involved with Leland, nothing is ever simple. But maybe that’s just the way I like it.

REVIEW:

Leland and Jackson keep getting in these situations, why is that?

If you’re up to this point in reading the series, I have to assume you’re a fan.  If you haven’t started the series – I highly recommend it.

The beauty of these books is they aren’t just antics but there’s always a case or mystery to solve. Stakes are generally high – and someone always gets kidnapped at least once. The journey of Leland has been a roller coaster: from quiet assassin to jokester to easing in to expressing true feelings, it’s been a journey to see his development. His past again comes back to haunt him again, this time in the request from an usual person to find her daughter. As they delve further in their investigations, these twist and turn keeping you on your toes. It’s not what you expect yet it’s everything you expect.

Winters continues to keep up the humor. Even acknowledging that some of the running jokes are getting tiring to other characters, this book is better balanced. Her writing continues to mature in not weighing down the story with too much humor. There are always some sidetracks, as this is Leland we’re talking about, but it’s not over-the-top distracting. We may not get as much character development as others in the series, but all the characters have eased into their relationships with each other and now are front-facing to deal with the world.  A world that has some very questionable people and a tangles mess of stories, which is what makes these books continually interesting to me. I do love humorous books but it’s the marrying of the mysteries/cases that keep me coming back.

Winters has truly established herself now as a great humorous. We just get to benefit from another great story from characters that we love (or love to hate). I know it’s selfish, but I wouldn’t mind many more books in this series as I always know it’s going to be a good read.

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