Jack Rabbit Smile

 Shirley J.                   Adult Fiction                                                    Best friends, private detectives

Jack Rabbit Smile (Book 11 in the Hap and Leonard novels series) by Joe R. Lansdale     272 pages

I love these guys!   What a hilarious at times, in your face at times story!  Hap and Leonard are private investigators who work with the law and often just outside the law but they always seem to be able to get the job done which is not to say somebody isn't in for an a** whippin' or killed depending on how serious the bad guys make the stakes.   The camaraderie and banter between these two best friends and co-workers will crack you up!   It is like hanging out with a bunch of guys talking "stuff" all the time.  They are hilarious and believe me they could make a sailor blush but they are so funny.   The kind of say anything at any time any where repartee of two long time friends who know each other so well.   They are hired by a Pentecostal mother and her racist son to find the daughter/sister of the two.   It is a wild ride with far more people, places and shoot 'em ups than you would think would be involved in a search for a missing person.   Great story, great characters, great fun.   This book stands alone but now that I know it is 11th in a series of 12 books I am going to go back and read them all.  I love these guys.  Hap considers himself a white trash rebel and Leonard is ready to fight at the drop of an inuendo!  He is a black gay Vietnam Vet and his lover is Pooky a lawenforcement officer who is also a riot.   Oh yeah and Hap's new bride and their boss is Brett and she too is a pistol.   Great book.   I think teenagers on up will get a kick out of it but I warn you there is a lot of cussing going on.