Exit: The brilliantly funny new crime novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of SNAP

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No stranger to tragedy, he is lonely, a widower with only his little dog Mabel for company, his forays with the Exiteers were really his only social interactions. Unfortunately, as they sit in vigil with their latest client, the man fumbles the mask so badly that Amanda violates protocol and assists it onto his face.

When he and his Exiteer partner, Amanda, who happens to have very sensible eyebrows , mistakenly assist the wrong man die, they find themselves in the middle of a murder investigation. Felix makes a clever getaway, and thinking the whole incident over later on, fears he and Amanda were set up.It’s a very long time since I have said that all too familiar line (which I often find annoying in reviews) that I read this book in a day! The MC’s are 2 men at very different stages but as the story progresses, both begin to reflect on the choices they’ve made. I really liked Felix and became really fond of him as he’d remind you of your grandfather and he could be very witty when he wanted to be. And I loved the silly comradery of the police headquarters, with their constant battle against the thieving snack machine, jokes about ever present fruitcake, and Calvin's daily contest with his partner for who has had the "worst day ever". And Felix, being an honest engine kinda guy, tries to right a wrong at the same time as trying to solve the whodunn what and why.

Though he isn't present in every scene, he conveys each piece of the story leading up to the murder as if he were an omniscient narrator, capable of accessing every character's interior perspective. Felix, a man that has known his share of hardship in the world with the deaths of both his wife and son longs to do some good in the world. Told primarily through the eyes of Felix, and Calvin, a young police officer, both characters are equally charming and lovable. It was an interesting storyline and I really liked how the individual characters were woven together in different ways.I thought the book had an interesting topic and I was interested to see how the book would explore this complex idea. There are some hilarious mixups for example when Felix is brought in for questioning that are particularly good. Most of it is thoughts of a pensioner who is trying to fix his mistakes by making even more trouble for himself. Recently I wrote about how my carefully crafted reading schedule goes up in flames every time I get a book by Sharon Bolton.