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".

Felix supported his wife through all the heartache, tears, and bewilderment of dementia and that experience prompted him to help others avoid such a fate.Now Felix lives in Devon with his dog Mabel, who shoots withering looks and piddles in the house if Felix is delayed at walk time. The humour did keep me listening, but it got a bit silly towards the end, and the police force were an absolute bumbling farce! I wholeheartedly recommend this book to all my friends and fellow readers, if for no other reason than as an introduction to Felix. Which is a good thing because I can’t begin to explain why after, (thankfully a short time) of struggling to get into this book I couldn’t put it down. This ingenious and darkly comic mystery is an absolute delight and Felix is one of the most loveable fugitives ever created.

There’s a proper list to be followed so like a responsible adult I reached for the next book in the queue. As Felix investigates, could it be that what he thought was a heartbreaking mistake was in fact a deliberate set up?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.

For such a risk averse man, he unexpectedly found himself stumbling through a serious of catastrophes, and I did feel for him. Calvin and his partner have a running total on who has the “worst day” ever, which provides some very funny moments. In Bauer's darkly comic thriller, an elderly widower discovers no good deed goes unpunished when his act of charity goes horribly wrong.It's warm and funny and dark and sad all at the same time, beautifully plotted and paced, and peopled with fabulous, complex characters that have drawn me right into their lives. I laughed at her dog bark translations and could have read an entire book about Mabel going through her day, doing doggie things, as presented by Bauer. A fair amount of black humour, two love stories, quite a lot of gambling and some unlikely friendships. Felix is charming but doesn’t realise it, he��s old fashioned, old school, honourable, honest and a real gentleman. Everyone has a mobile phone phone these days, even oldies, but main character was still dependent on his landline.