Mr. Lucky (Trentbridge Crime Series Book 1) by Lee Wood – Review by Santana Hicks

Mr Lucky by Lee Wood
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

James Sheldon was on his way of getting promoted at his job as a detective. He was about to start a new case when the worst happened. James’ family was killed in a hit and run. He ends up spiralling and drinking his life away. He loses his job, his house, and most of his belongings. He turns to life in the streets. All that is about to change when he decides to buy a lotto ticket and wins.

Meanwhile Dave Rex, is a crime boss. Starting with drugs and then getting in the property game, he has money galore. He worked hard for his money and will not let anyone get in the way of his plans. Dave decides to buy a lotto ticket. On his way out of the store, he collides with a homeless man. Once Dave checks the numbers, he realizes that he should have won but instead the homeless man had the winning ticket. Livid, Dave decides to try to take down James and get his money back.

James wants to do good with his winnings. Being homeless really opened his eyes to the troubles some people have. He wants to start a charity where they will provide cheaper rent for those in need. He wants to put a bet on a place that has potential. Unfortunately, Dave has already put a bet in for this place as well. When he finds out that James is about to take something else away from him, he doesn’t care how but he will take James out of the game.

This book was really hard to get into at first. The author introduced too many people all back to back in my opinion. Plus it was very slow paced before anything of note happened. It went into too much backstory from a lot of characters. About halfway through the book is when James wins the lotto and things start to kick off. After that point, I started getting into the plot. James was a caring man who just needed a helping hand after his life fell apart and he never forgot those who were there for him. Dave was a bad, bad man. Full of anger and no empathy is a dangerous mix. Although he has never murdered anyone himself, he has called in some hits. He honestly was a piece of crap of a human, which makes for a great villain. I was rooting for Dave to be knocked down a peg or ten. All I have to say is Karma is a B…

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