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Query: Where Did Laurence Shames Go?

The Naked Detective is a decent book to read if you have never read any previous books by Laurence Shames. If you are a follower of LS (as I am), this book is marginal at best. The characters just seemed to exist. I never fell in love with any other them, except for the tennis playing cab driver. The first chapter or two was written in his usual entertaining style, but then something went very wrong. Laurence Shames seemed to disappear. I hope that "The Naked Detective" is not a preview for his future works. I will patiently await LS's next book in the hope that he will once again write as brilliantly as he did in his other books.