This story is a laugh a page and that was not what I expected given the blurb. I mean, who would find kidnapping funny? But with the cast of characters in this story, it can't be avoided. There is intrigue and mystery, sure, but there is also plenty of spice and quite a few laugh out loud moments. There used to be movies where the characters were the ones who drove the story forward, not the plot of the story itself and that is what happens here. The characters are larger than life and you want to get into the story and learn more about what makes them tick. They draw you in until you feel like you know them.

I will admit that I was certainly lost for a little bit at the beginning of this story, so if you haven't read the previous books in this series, make sure to do that first. This madcap comedy was hard at first to jump right into -- it can be done but I was 20% in before I caught on to where we were going.