Mr Clarinet

Well this book by Nick Stone was absolutely brilliant. It's well worth reading if you have the time (it's about 560 pages). I love the main character, he's brill, and the plot was amazing, with a very unexpected turn of events towards the end. I picked it up because I play the clarinet, read the blurb and decided to get it from the guy at the market. Started reading it, and found it very, very difficult to stop and deal with such things as guinea pigs and food and revision and sleep. Actually, I wound up not going to sleep until I'd finished it. It's a crime/thriller thing, and the characters are all believable and good, solid, 3D affairs. Not really any obvious stereotypes. The main character is an ex-cop, ex-convict, kind of ex-PI, who is pretty down on his luck what with just losing his wife in a road accident. He gets offered a fortune by a wealthy man to find his missing son, Charlie, and after hesitation as it's in Haiti, agrees to take it.