A Bad Bout of the Yips

eBook, 356 pages

English language

Published March 9, 2023 by Black Rose Writing.

ISBN:: 978-1-68513-153-1
Goodreads:: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/122997894-a-bad-bout-of-the-yip

(1 review)

PI Steve Rockfish's morning meeting was supposed to focus on a case of straightforward harassment. Two clients had purchased a miniature golf course and instantly became victims of vandalism and projected intolerance.

But as the team investigates, a neighborhood's bigoted knee jerk reaction to a new sapphic-owned business, is in fact a laser focused plan of intimidation. Before anyone can yell FORE!, violence litters the front nine after Rockfish uncovers the real perpetrator, their actual motive, and dangerous accomplices.

Soon, an old nemesis returns to raise the stakes with plans of revenge and domination. Now facing a battle on two fronts, Rockfish finds his allies thinning at the worst possible time, and recklessly goes on the offensive.

The back nine takes Rockfish and McGee on a frenetic ride from a corporate boardroom, across cyberspace, and to the 19th hole where a long-overdue showdown will change everything for the partners, for …

PI Steve Rockfish's morning meeting was supposed to focus on a case of straightforward harassment. Two clients had purchased a miniature golf course and instantly became victims of vandalism and projected intolerance.

But as the team investigates, a neighborhood's bigoted knee jerk reaction to a new sapphic-owned business, is in fact a laser focused plan of intimidation. Before anyone can yell FORE!, violence litters the front nine after Rockfish uncovers the real perpetrator, their actual motive, and dangerous accomplices.

Soon, an old nemesis returns to raise the stakes with plans of revenge and domination. Now facing a battle on two fronts, Rockfish finds his allies thinning at the worst possible time, and recklessly goes on the offensive.

The back nine takes Rockfish and McGee on a frenetic ride from a corporate boardroom, across cyberspace, and to the 19th hole where a long-overdue showdown will change everything for the partners, for better and worse.

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Nerywood reviewed A Bad Bout of the Yips by Ken Harris (Case Files of Steve Rockfish, #3)

Review of 'A Bad Bout of the Yips' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Disclosure: I got this eBook from LibraryThing's Early Reviewers in exchange for an honest review. Nobody (the author, publisher, or LibraryThing) has read this review before I posted it publicly.

This is the third book in the series, if you haven't read the first two then it's highly suggested you do so, as otherwise this book won't make sense.

Content Warnings for the book: violence (including guns, killing and bombs), cops, swearing, alcohol drinking

The prologue provides a nice high-level review of what happened in the last book for those who had forgotten (like me).

The author continues to be a great story teller, it's like you're in the backseat and reading the minds of each character.

"Big girl pants have been acquired.”What the fuck?"

Reading it can get you emotionally involved (which is most likely what the author wants), but there are a number of slow sections. The author …

Disclosure: I got this eBook from LibraryThing's Early Reviewers in exchange for an honest review. Nobody (the author, publisher, or LibraryThing) has read this review before I posted it publicly.

This is the third book in the series, if you haven't read the first two then it's highly suggested you do so, as otherwise this book won't make sense.

Content Warnings for the book: violence (including guns, killing and bombs), cops, swearing, alcohol drinking

The prologue provides a nice high-level review of what happened in the last book for those who had forgotten (like me).

The author continues to be a great story teller, it's like you're in the backseat and reading the minds of each character.

"Big girl pants have been acquired.”What the fuck?"

Reading it can get you emotionally involved (which is most likely what the author wants), but there are a number of slow sections. The author does do a nice job of having the slow lead to something, and you may not even know what it is.

"The stream of expletives that flew from her mouth would have had her mother blushing and her father taking her out for a congratulatory ice cream cone."

Multiple times I laughed at what the author came up with for the main character to do or think. WWRD (what would Rockfish do) is one that almost got me howling in laughter.

"he didn’t recognize the number.Car warranty? Maybe my computer has a virus on it? Or my favorite, I’ve won an all expenses paid vacation to Timeshare Land."

"“I always worry.” “I know, it comes standard on the Millennial base model.”"

I look forward to the next book in the series.

"Why can’t we fast-forward to the end?"

"“Hey! We’re done here!"