Fun, fast read ( )

Fun, fast read ( )

Sorry, Mr, Roker, but I just couldn't finish this book -- and that's unusual. Nothing really wrong with it except I just didn't care about any of the characters.

For a first mystery this is a lot of fun. Of course, using a highly respected mystery author as a "co-author" helped a lot but you can tell that much of this mystery came from the mind of Mr. Roker.

Chef Billy Blessings works on a national TV morning show as a chef and sometime interviewer, as well as a front man who visits the crowds each morning (sound familiar?). When his executive producer is killed by poison in food from his restaurant Billy is on the case, trying to figure out who killed Rudy and why.

There is a lot of inside information on how a daily morning show works, some of the back-biting and in-fighting that happens but basically the mystery is about solving the crime not about name dropping and sly giggles about "inside information".

I got a little tired of the whole international serial killer stuff but then I get tired of those stories in real life too.

Still, this is highly recommended, it is fun with only a little graphic violence depicted. ( )

I adore Al Roker but this book was just so so . ( )