matt4hire 's review for:

The Fools in Town Are on Our Side by Ross Thomas, Anthony Hiss
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Lucifer Dye (that’s his real name) is a spy on the outs who gets hired to corrupt a small town so that his boss can then step in and improve it. That’s what they’ve all been hired for, after all.

What follows is a fairly interesting and entertaining crime novel about getting back to okay, about being numb and repairing yourself.

But of course it’s also about bad people doing bad things to other bad people in a fairly entertaining fashion and hijinks ensuing.