Twenty-six-year-old bodybuilder Gunter Hoffman sports enormous muscles to keep at bay nightmares of his childhood nemesis, a menacing homeless guy with PTSD known as Detour Man. But even with a body that's six feet in all directions, Gunter's afraid of people-and lonely.
When Gunter seeks out a girlfriend-and finds one-she's like all the rest: more curious about his bulging biceps than him, thinking his size provides an invincible shield to ridicule. But Gunter's mentally fragile. When she ends up dead from a broken neck, the cops seek a murderer with immense strength, just like Gunter.
Private investigator Vinnie Briggs doesn't want to get involved in Gunter's problems-but to please his husband he must. He's even less pleased mounting a murder defence, which defies standard procedure. Vinnie and his co-investigator, the woman's fitness champion Rita Light, commit crimes and lie, and Rita employs her specialty: martial arts sex. They take risks that endanger innocent lives only to learn vindication has a high price.
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[Crossing the room was tough going for the galaxy-sized man]***
(Carduna Publications, 14 February 2019, e-book, 394 pages, copy from the author and voluntarily reviewed)
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I'd never heard of the author before, but this sounded like a solid mystery / suspense / thriller so decided to check it out. I had a terrific time reading this. Detour Man combines so many good things; great characters, intriguing plot, great pacing, misdirection and twists and turns. The book is also very funny at times. I got caught up in the book every time I started to read it. Detour Man is exactly what you expect from a thriller. The characters were well written and very, very real. The pacing is spot on, not so fast I can't follow what's going on but not so slow I get bored. The title is perfect by the way. I plan to read more by the author.