The sixth entry of P.C. Hatter’s Kaiser Wrench series opens with the first-person tiger detective narrator encountering a doe on the road later identified as Julie Trenton, on whom federal agents are keeping track. Agents interrogate Kaiser about the doe, with the tiger and his lynx secretary Velvet having their licenses suspended. An Angora rabbit named Daisy Zahn serves as another romantic interest for Kaiser, with the revelation that Julie went out a few times with the skunk Congressman Danny Turn. Kaiser also involves himself with the zebra Katie Thursday and her brother Lorenzo Russo. In the novella’s latter portion, Velvet is captive, and several climactic scenes end the story.
All in all, this entry of the Kaiser Wrench series of novellas definitely more held my interest and attention than its immediate predecessor, and it’s not terribly difficult to keep track of the various animal species to which the characters belong. As with its precursors, however, the editing job on the novella overlooked things such as punctuation errors, although luckily, the text is still legible. The ending does feel slightly abrupt, as well, and had I written the book, I would have given the characters names that more closely indicated what species they were, since I admittedly had to keep notes (though I do this religiously as a book reviewer), but regardless, those who enjoyed its precursors will most likely appreciate the sixth volume of the series.
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