Mango Star is the 10th Mango Bob mystery by Bill H. Myers. It is certainly not his best effort. The premise is interesting enough: a Hollywood star named Nicky is on the lam from her husband and from his Scientology like cult and she hooks up with Walker who takes her under his wing.
The problem is N-O-T-H-I-N-G H-A-P-P-E-N-S for at least half of the book. Nicky switches places with her look alike cousin and stunt double Zoey shows up in and Nicky goes in Walker’s RV with his girlfriend Erin while Walker and Zoey hide in various RV parks in Nicky’s brand new RV. Everybody is waiting for the big day when Nicky gets to divorce her husband, Colton. Oh, there are a couple of FBI agents mildly interested in Nicky because she spoke to a former FBI agent in preparation for her latest role and might know something she is not supposed to know.
Then Zoey and Walker travel from RV park to RV park and keep in touch with Erin and Nicky though you never really know what Erin and Nicky are up to because Bill H. Myers does not let them reveal anything interesting aside from their being well.
I usually enjoy the Mango Bob mystery series by Bill H. Myers. It is a fun, lightweight, humorous mystery series that makes for a pleasant and stressless read. Mango Star, however, gets on your nerves very quickly because Myers spends most of this mystery novel spinning his wheels and having his main character and his sidekick go around in circles until the big day.
Things kind of get interesting in the last couple of chapters of Mango Star but by then it is way too late and you are reading because you never leave a book unfinished instead of reading because you care.
By the way the story comes to a resolution but the mystery keeps going on for a few more chapters for no particular reason.
Mango Star is a big pass. Even if you find it in the bargain bin.
Mango Star
Bill H. Myers
A Mango Bob mystery
Independent Publisher
341 pages 2020
Related posts
- There are a few spoilers ahead for those familiar with the Mango Bob series. In Bill H. Myers’ 15th Mango Bob book Mango Farm, aka the 2026 instalment this light mystery series, Walker has left Florida and his motor home. He now lives on a small farm in Arkansas and…
- Mango Bay is the third lightweight mystery in the Mango Bob series by Bill H. Myers. Like other books in the Mango Bob series Mango Bay is a fun read that requires a good dose of willing suspension of disbelief if you are going to enjoy it. Walker moves to…
- True to other Preston and Child Pendergast Novels--this is their 21st--The Cabinet of Dr. Leng is an engaging adventure. It is not necessary to have read previous Pendergast novels in order to follow this one, although a familiarity with the characters would enhance your experience. In The Cabinet of Dr.…
- Mango Bob by Bill H Myers is a veeeeery laid back and easy to read story with an ounce of thriller in it. It is clear Myers is using this first book to set up characters and back story for a series while including a mystery. The first third of…