The author sets out to shock the sensitivities of his readers - and succeeds! Sprinkling profanities like confetti throughout the text he introduces characters including Gertrude Stick, ex-Hitler youth who hates Jews, and Mavis Bone, herself, who hates Aboriginals. Together they ride around on Lenin, a Russian bike and sidecar wearing stormtrooper helmets. They have a parakeet in the office named Adolf.
The genre shifts backwards and forwards between crime, horror, sci-fi and explicit erotica.
If the author could only tame his over active imagination! There are moments of sheer genius here which together with a concise linear plot could bode so well for future bestsellerdom!

It is a hands-on job to chase down this ingenious killer, and Mavis is not afraid to get them dirty. Dirty with the blood of her prostitute philandering husband, and the blood of a problem client that could send her secretary to prison for a war crime. Both detective’s and killer’s paths, have already crossed during their troubled youths, but as the murders pile up, they move towards a final conflict. With thanks to netgalley for an early copy in return for an honest opinion 3 stars

Mavis, P.I.
Mavis Bone, PI, has a new case. A serial killer is on the loose. Can Mavis crack this case before more blood is spilled? She’s going to try. Coupled up with Gertrude, forming the Mavis Bone Detective Agency, what can possibly go wrong? Entertaining murder mystery with a likeable and engaging protagonist in Mavis and a colourful cast of supporting characters. Funny and gruesome in equal measure.

This book has a lot to it. The main character is one you will love or hate and she is so BIG that she overpowers the story itself. I liked the writing style as it is very sharp and descriptive but found myself struggling to work out what this book was trying to be,

I'm not sure how to feel about this. Smythe is a talented writer and that makes the book partially enjoyable, but the book itself... was not very good. The plot was messy, the characters weren't as fleshed out as the story required, and it just wasn't engaging.