Smart, Funny, Fun = One Great Book - mild spoiler warning

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	• Chop Shop (Bug Man Series #2) Tim Downs Howard Books, 2004 - 352 pages average customer review:based on 10 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

I hate bugs

...But I really liked this book. If you like mysteries and a little forensic bug science thrown in, this is a good read. And if your hesitant because he is a christian author and you don't want to be preached at, not to worry, no soap box included, or foul language either.

Smart, Funny, Fun = One Great Book - mild spoiler warning

I had almost come to the point of despair over how few truly wonderful books I've read of late. This book cured that. I count myself lucky to be such a latecomer to this series because now I can snap up a few more of them without waiting. Why isn't this author world wide famous? His story has plot, humor, action, intellect, and handles them very well.
Dr. Polchak is an interesting character. Not your typical drop-dead gorgeous hero, but a smart guy who isn't afraid to take risks or dump himself and some poor woman into a river if the cause is right.
Some plot twists seemed a little too convenient, but that's the way a tight story's run. Dr. McKay is a nice foil to the lovable bug man.
Most importantly, this book made me laugh. I hate mysteries that simply overdo the seriousness factor. Chop Shop handles humor with a deft hand. Many many thanks to the author for this intriguing tale.

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ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS

TIM DOWNS IS SUCH A GREAT WRITER! HIS BOOKS ARE NOT ONLY FAST-PACED, BUT FUNNY TOO. SHOOFLY PIE IS ANOTHER MUST READ BY DOWNS. I ANXIOUSLY AWAIT MORE BOOKS BY THIS AUTHOR!!!

Excellent. I can't get enough of these bugs.

What an excellent book! A great improvement over the first in the series "Shoofly Pie" which I liked very much. Not as funny but much more intense. Both books had excellent endings. A lot of thought went into the writing of "Chop Shop" and it shows. Deep character, intelligent plot and sharp wit. Tim Downs is rising on my list of favorite authors. Now for the problem; there's very little that's Christian about it. It's clean, no sex, no cursing and it brings up some good ethical points (absolutes being the big one) but as far as spiritual growth it's not really there. Don't get me wrong this book is excellent but I do miss knowing our God just a little bit better when it's all over.

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Slice N' Dice Isn't Always So Nice

When Tim Downs came out with "Shoofly Pie," I was scratching my head. But I wasn't going to miss out! I wanted to know what a "Bug Man" novel was all about. Hey, I loved it! Then I saw the title of this, book #2, "Chop Shop," and I laughed my butt off. Only Tim Downs! Only with the Bug Man himself, Nick Polchak. His last name almost sounds like "Pole Cat!" He always has an answer for everything, never a dull moment with Nick.

So what exactly are we to expect from know-it-all Nick this time? More fun, and more dead bodies! You talk about your average slab of meat? Check out the prime cuts that Downs serves up this time! First of all, he gives you Nick, but that's an instant gimme. We meet his Polish mother, and we meet his new friend, Riley. Riley is a special girl. She needs Nick's help with something that seems somewhat shady at her workplace. Is coroner, Nathan Lassiter, in over his head? He probably doesn't think so. We find out that Nick and Riley are fighting a battle that may prove unbeatable. And the people they thought they could trust could very well stab them in the back. You can even expect a modern day Samson, but you won't have the first clue as of where to look. So don't!

So, all in all, this just might make your liver quiver! It might even make your bowels move once or twice. But more importantly, whether you realize it or not, it will open your heart. And without giving anything away, that just may be an ultimate lesson that Nick might just learn before it is all said and done. Tim Downs tells a great story. And he didn't have to be Joe Spiritual to do it either. He had to be Tim Downs, and he had to simply tell a great story. That sizes him up with the likes of Robert Liparulo, maybe even Ted DeKker. So no matter how you slice n' dice it these days, Tim Downs has his own way of doing things. It isn't always attractive. But I like that! Hope you like it as well.

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Intern forensic pathologist Dr. Riley McKay has noticed irregularities in autopsies at the Allegheny County Coroner's lab. Suspecting foul play, she seeks help from Dr. Nick Polchak, the "bug man" renowned for his ability to solve murders by analyzing the insects on victim's bodies. Nick and Riley uncover a sinister link between the lab's director and PharmaGen, a start-up drug company specializing in genetic research. They also discover that PharmaGen fronts an underground system to procure transplant organs for wealthy clients by finding and murdering matching donors. But PharmaGen learns of their security breach and orders the couple destroyed. While staying a step ahead of PharmaGen assassins, romantic attraction develops between Nick and Riley. But the attraction is complicated by a tragic secret that Riley hides -- a secret closely tied to one member of PharmaGen's operation which propels the novel to its astonishing conclusion.

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