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Dog River Blues (A Wes Darling Sailing Mystery Book 2) by [Mike Jastrzebski]

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A boat bum, a kissin’ cousin, and a man named Fish.

What can possibly go wrong? Throw in a couple of killers and toss them all into the bayous of Alabama and the answer is plenty.

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In September of 2003 my wife, Mary, and I moved aboard our 36-foot sailboat, Roughdraft. We sailed the boat from Minnesota to Mobile, Alabama where we lived for two years docked at a small marina. We also spent three months living at a mooring in Key West. Currently, the boat is docked in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. In 2011 we intend to take the boat to the Caribbean where we plan to drift until it is no longer fun. When I moved aboard it was my intention that I would write a novel. Six years later I have completed 3 mystery novels. The Storm Killer, Key Lime Blues (A Wes Darling Mystery), and Dog River Blues (A Wes Darling Mystery), are now available as paperbacks and eBooks. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 4137 KB
Print Length: 251 pages
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Publisher: Write On The Water Press (11 August 2011)
Sold by: Amazon Australia Services, Inc.
Language: English
ASIN: B005GXROUU
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #341,203 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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pmh

Enjoyed reading second in the Wes Darling series

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 July 2012

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I think the author is on to a good thing if he can maintain and develop this series.
Predictable at times, but I do like the Wes Darling character which carried it through. I know nothing about boats, sailing or the area but this did not matter. Looking forward to the next book and hope it will be a good price on kindle.

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Ferdinand Po

An ok read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 August 2013

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But the plot seems over complicated and there seems to be more " dead time" than one would expect. The way the ladies throw themselves at Wes is also rather unconvincing.

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Sylvia

An exciting adventure on the waterways of Mobile.

Reviewed in Canada on 19 January 2018

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This was a fun book to read and I thoroughly enjoyed it and read it in one sitting. Could not stop. I have had it for a while and forgotten I had downloaded the first book too...grrr. Anyway, I continued to the end and now I will read the first one.
The story is interesting and I enjoyed all the characters except maybe Fish, a nasty guy but he was essential to the story.
Twists and turns in places that kept my mind going back and forth. It has a surprising ending.
I always wanted to live on a boat so this gives me a little taste of that too.

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Kate

Our hero is a narcoleptic punching bag with no common sense rather than an ex-PI

Reviewed in the United States on 13 March 2014

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I'm a little ambivalent about this book. I'm hovering between saying I liked it and that it was just okay. I won't give it 2 stars because it wasn't totally rife with errors (there were only a few) and it also didn't anger me the way some books do when the writer falls too short. But there just wasn't a lot of meat to the story.

Wes Darling, the protagonist, is an ex-PI, so I expected him to use some of those skills to actually investigate the theft of his grandfather's ill-gotten WWII booty, or at least to find his family (that he never knew existed and whose names he didn't even know) to begin with when he arrives in Mobile. But no. He pulls up to the dock (he lives on a boat) and right off the bat, his family members have sought him out. Way too convenient that his mother made a call-ahead unbeknownst to him. This is the beginning of the theme that follows through in the book: everyone is always one-up on Wes. Wes also seems like a bumbling novice rather than a seasoned PI when he is constantly gotten the better of and having his ass beat to within an inch of his life. Not to mention, [SPOILER ALERT] when he, Jessica, and Roy show up at Fish's place the very first time and a caddy is noted to be in the driveway, I immediately remembered that Rusty drove off in a caddy earlier. Now I know it was Rusty who betrayed him to Fish. Did the PI investigator remember that? Nope. Holy moly. That was my first clue that our hero was a little too thick to be a believable ex-PI. As well as the fact that he told Rusty right off the bat about what he was there for. I thought he was nuts for spilling the beans to some complete stranger. Surely there are other ways for a true PI to get information besides telling someone you just met that you are after a stolen priceless artifact? [DONE SPOILING] And he made quite a few other mistakes and made choices and left questions unanswered that I thought were not in character with someone in his field, despite the fact that he didn't really want to take on the task and was ambivalent about learning more about his new-found family. Some of these mistakes were as simple as not being aware of his surroundings. Come on. And when you have a chance to get out of the line of sight of potential bad guys ([SPOILER] I'm thinking about the end when he hears the yacht before it comes into view and he doesn't hide...what an idiot [DONE SPOILING]), you take it, right? Not Wes. He's always too darn tired and wore out to even make a good run for it...what a wuss.

I don't want my protagonist to be perfect. After all, a good character arc should be present so we can see some growth, but don't tell me my hero is an ex-PI, then make the other secondary characters smarter than him. LOL. He also seemed to be attractive to the women of the world, but I wasn't quite sure why. The dude was a narcoleptic punching bag with no common sense. Just sayin'.

The author could have done a lot more with this story.

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Sassy

A Very Stupid PI

Reviewed in the United States on 17 July 2013

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This book is seriously stupid. Wes, the hero, has no sense. A woman who he has never met claims she's his cousin. Well, he's a PI but he never bothers to check her out. Instead, he begins to immediately behave as if he has obligations to her and she does as well. Everything he does winds up getting him hurt. A rational person would stop looking for the book or at least have a plan. Not Wes, he keeps bumbling alone.

And he gets hurt and does no recover time. Falls in dirty water and does not get antibiotics. Gets shot and . . . well etc.

I am willing to suspend belief to read fiction, but I am not willing to turn my brain off.

This book is stupid. It's fast paced, but the pace does not hide the very ridiculousness of the characters, the scenarios or the relationships.

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Rita R. Sheppard

Lots of Action

Reviewed in the United States on 14 March 2017

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I thoroughly enjoyed this sequel to Key Lime Blues. Wes is again in trouble and getting beaten up repeatedly. He's also got the ladies after him too. I like reading about his experiences taking his boat to different locales. The author is great about describing the areas so that you feel like you can almost see them. Wes also meets plenty of colorful characters while he is in Mobile. There is only a mention of the phobic psychic Elvis but I look forward to reading more about him in future books.

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Jim Fromm

A sleeper

Reviewed in the United States on 27 January 2014

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As a professional mariner I like to read about sailors, marinas, and adventure. I especially enjoy it when the writer knows. what he is talking about. Mike Jastrzebski obviously knows boats and marinas. Wes Darling is a non stop adventure. I bought this book several months ago and put off reading it because it was set in Mobile, which is forty three miles from my home in Pensacola. Knowing how most people think of Mobile, I expected a snow birdy adventure celebrating the sleepy old city under the trees. So much for expectations. This was a vicarious delight and a believable tale that kept on entertaining. I'm looking up the rest of Mike's books when I finish this review. Do yourself a favor and do the same.

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Peggy

Family values

Reviewed in the United States on 11 March 2017

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It seems I've chosen a misleading title, but as Wes meets his previously unknown paternal relatives, his life takes a turn. He's lead on a rough chase where it takes time to filter the good guys from the bad.
I've never considered myself a fan of high intensity and action but I loved this book! I would recommend this series to anyone who loves adventure with a side of wit, but I would suggest they start with the first book of the series.

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Sandra B

Suspense set on the water and family secrets explored by an excellent writer with a sure hand on the tiller

Reviewed in the United States on 3 September 2011

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Because I'm familiar with Mike Jastrzebski's writing and his blog WriteOnTheWater.com, I downloaded Dog River Blues (A Wes Darling Mystery) fully expecting a nonstop adventure. I also looked forward to the general backdrop of sailing off the Florida--or, in this case, Alabama--coast, and an engaging hero in the person of Wes Darling, who lives on his sailboat, Rough Draft.

What I didn't expect, though, was the beauty of the language, the way Jastrzebski took me to the Mobile marina ("as the anchor chain was dragged up from the water it made a loud rattling sound that reminded me of an angry castle ghost in a B movie") or a parking lot ("buried in a misty cocoon...cars moved in and out of focus like spectral derelicts in an ocean of opaque fleece") or a, perhaps, abandoned motel room ("soft light cast a glow on the shaded window like Tinkerbell searching for the lost boys").

I loved this book--not just for where it took me, but for where it made me afraid of going. Happily, Wes Darling--as he, albeit unwillingly, explores the secrets his estranged family has kept long-hidden--is made of sterner stuff.

You will love this book: Five stars!

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L. Tabor

A really fun mystery with good twists.

Reviewed in the United States on 20 April 2016

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I love stories like this. The coastal areas of the Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana are full of beautiful, mysterious bayous and backwaters...the perfect place to hide a villain in a good novel. The story takes place mostly in the Dog River Marina near Mobile, Alabama, but ventures out into the more murky marshes. I enjoyed the author's sometimes quirky characters who live aboard their various boats at the marina and the southern "characters", both good and evil, who inhabit the surrounding areas. Lots of good plot twists and just enough sexual tension to make a really good read.

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USAF Veteran

As Good as His First Book

Reviewed in the United States on 22 September 2013

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"Dog River Blues" was nowhere near as long-winded as his first book and was just as good a read. I read this book a few months ago, so don't remember all the details. My only question is why the constant encounters with the bad guys and always getting beat up. This is what happened in his first book, and there was a little of the same thing in this one. I still enjoyed it and would recommend it, since there's plenty of adventure and action.

I like Jastrzebski's flair for details of surroundings and characters. It definitely adds to the plot line. Good book!

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Julia

Not as good as the first one

Reviewed in the United States on 29 December 2015

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The Wes character wasn't very likeable in this story. Plus several places read like the author was just trying to get the book written and didn't take the time to go back and smooth the rough edges. To say nothing of the fact that the bad guys kept catching him, tying him up, then leaving him alone so he could escape. I mean come on - you can't have that happen more than once or twice even in a light mystery-adventure tale like this without it getting ridiculous.

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Carrie Kilgore

Good writing, weak plot, forgettable characters

Reviewed in the United States on 26 July 2013

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If you like your PI a bit clueless, this is your guy. Not to worry--he fortunately never comes up against anyone very clever. It was difficult to care much about his romantic involvement with either woman, or about the quest. The thief and his henchman were dumb as bricks. Darling spends a lot of time feeling tired and "blue." Small wonder; I felt the same. A book like this is frustrating because the author is obviously talented. There's simply nothing to really sink your teeth into, nothing to haunt you, nothing to make you think. He could have done so much more with this...

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snave51

"Cuz" Jessica very brash and stupid for being an intelligent woman

Reviewed in the United States on 11 June 2015

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Wes continues to end up in trouble and gets hurt- maybe too much. more than in the first book. The relatives are odd. "Cuz" Jessica very brash and stupid for being an intelligent woman. The story is different, however it ends well. Definitely worth the price. This is a well written and very professionally edited book. I will read more of this authors books. Oh, I had to laugh at the "ya'll" use. I'm a new resident of Louisiana where you find a similar life style as in this book.

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I read it and actually enjoyed it despite these flaws

Reviewed in the United States on 18 July 2014

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Some of the facts relative to where there were alligators (I thought they usually tend to live back up in the bayous, not out at the edge of the bay), living on a sailboat without an income, not ever calling the police when there were beatings and vandalism, and disposing of bodies trusting the gulf and the alligators to take care of the evidence was really stretching believability. But, I read it and actually enjoyed it despite these flaws. Mostly though I think I just liked the name as I lived on Dog River when I was a little girl.

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