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[Following is a volunteer review of "The FBI Inspector" by Jay Dubya.]

The FBI Inspector is a collection of twenty-five novellas written by Jay Dubya. The stories follow Inspector Joe Giralo and his team of subordinate agents Salvatore Velardi, Arthur Orsi and Daniel Blachford as they take on different assignments in different locations.

The cases are an interesting mix; terrorism, murder, deciphering codes, they solve them all. Their crime-solving methods are more from an investigative approach than actually getting in on the action but they get to enjoy a bit of travelling, golfing and even attend a concert. The relationship between the three agents and Giralo is a funny one because the agents are supposed to be really good at their jobs but they can’t seem to actually solve cases on their own and Giralo wastes no time in putting them down.

The combination of crimes and a dialogue-driven narrative is what endeared this book to me but I got almost no satisfaction from both the crimes and the dialogue. The crimes were mostly discussed by Giralo and his three subordinates and then solved away from the pages of the book. The dialogue is, for the most part, so unrealistic and voluble that it became difficult to appreciate the wit in it. The general tone of their verbal exchanges is reminiscent of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes - which is my favourite character of all time - except, this is more exhausting than amusing.

I read that The FBI Inspector is author Jay Dubya’s fiftieth published hardcover/paperback book and I had to wonder about the seeming lack of professional editing. The punctuation and grammatical errors were too numerous to count and I tried to ignore them as much as I could. I also felt like I needed a detailed map and history book of the United States, on standby, while reading this book. The Inspector would, very often, go on a monologue of describing routes, events or the transformation of certain places which I enjoyed right up until I found it to be too much.

I am a huge fan of crime-solving stories and also intrigued by the FBI’s methods but this was a very difficult book to read and I struggled to finish reading it. For the bad editing, the verbose dialogue and the crime-solving which I rarely witnessed, I rate this book one out of four. I only recommend it to readers who love unrealistic dialogue and those who just want to see what the reviews are about.

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The FBI Inspector
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Thank you for the great review. I hate when there are proofreading errors throughout a book. I understand that a couple might slip through, but not when there are too many to count. Books like this should be intriguing, not tedious to read. Again, thanks for the review! It kept me from wasting my time reading this one!

Jlbaird85 wrote: ↑08 May 2019, 15:05 Thank you for the great review. I hate when there are proofreading errors throughout a book. I understand that a couple might slip through, but not when there are too many to count. Books like this should be intriguing, not tedious to read. Again, thanks for the review! It kept me from wasting my time reading this one!

I feel the same way.