Freaky Florida Mystery Adventures: Moth Busters

EB: Always on the lookout for a mystery series that will absorb me, I picked "Moth Busters" because its (early, apparently) cover featured an RV. I'm not sure if main character Bobbie Drex ends up actually driving around in that RV because I quit reading about a third of the way through.

It just got too freaky and slapstick nuts for me. I guess I like my mysteries a tad more realistic and this one--well, it really stretches one's suspension of disbelief and mine stretched so much it broke. Others might find the idea of "Mothman" more enticing and fun to read about than I did.

So why three stars if I gave up so early? Because Margaret Lashley can write. Her characters are quirky and interesting as well as distinguishable from each other. She can put paragraphs and sentences together and either has a solid editor or knows the difference between "their/there/they're" and "its/it's." For me, that scores points.

Except for the oddball plot elements, I might have read this one to the end.

United States on Sep 27, 2023

Jim: I truly enjoyed it from start to finish. It made me laugh and think.

United States on Sep 20, 2023

C. C.W.: Okay...others who rated this book have given a synopsis of it's plot and main characters, so I won't bother. As a sci-fi fan (okay...an old 'Trekkie', etc.) a lover of murder mysteries (fictional ones only, please,) as well as being someone who loves to laugh (snort/guffaw) when reading about murder, etc. (think the 'Miss Fortune' series by Jana DeLeon, if you will,) but who truly hates 'stupidity' (the real stuff, of which there is too much in this world...or the fictional kind, for that matter,) then I can assure you, as a Christian (I think lying is sinful and try hard to avoid it,) that this first book is at least worthy of your giving it a go! It's well written and written well (which really aren't the same thing!)

While I can't guarantee the author, and thus her series, will remain a 'clean' read, so far so good! Then again, given that whole 'following
Christ' part of my life which is of paramount importance to me! - even if I don't claim to be a 'typical' one - I should probably add another bit of personal info to be totally honest...

I have lived many places in the good ol' US of A over my 6+ decades on this ball we call Earth, and visited even more of...

United States on Sep 19, 2023

Ron Titus: Bobbie Drex was working as a Mall cop when she managed to get shot in the head. That incident changed her life, especially when she encountered a rogue physicist hunting cryptids out of a 1967 Winnebago. Bobbie is trying to become a PI while keeping her late dad's garage alive with the help of her cousin Earl. But when a red eyed flying critter starts hanging around, she has her hands full. An entertaining start to a series!

United States on Aug 01, 2023

Corey: It was a interesting read the characters are fun. Bobbie never wanted to stay in Florida but when her dad dies at comes back. After being shot in the head strange things start happening

United States on May 06, 2023

Tammy: Ok book

Canada on Jun 29, 2021

Ziggy Nixon: After a few weeks of reading nothing but 'it's the end of the world, oh you think THIS pandemic is bad' books - which I love, don't get me wrong - I really wanted a break! And Lashley's first FFM Adventure "Moth Busters" does just that! The book is genuinely amusing but also includes enough serious drama to keep you glued to your seat until you finally close it! I found Lashley's writing style very smooth and even immensely quotable! And her characters are engaging which must have been a challenge as all this takes place in Nowhere, Florida! The Scooby-Doo-esque ending is a little too incomplete for, well, complete comfort but methinks that may also have a lot to do with what the author is trying to accomplish anyway. Sure, these may be bad guys in masks but when you pull the mask off, there's not just a guy with a tacky moustache looking to profit off the sale of the amusement park under there but perhaps an alien looking to find more parking for his fleet of ships who is himself wearing a mask (and so on). Like I said, it gets a bit weird there for a while but I did enjoy getting to know these oddballs. And speaking of odd balls, oh my, what a way to introduce weird powers to...

France on Feb 25, 2021

Kcorb: I really enjoyed Moth Busters, so much so I’m now reading Dr. Prepper. I love Margaret’s wit, wisdom, and craziness. It makes me laugh out loud and wonder how she thinks up such stuff or connects the dots so unexpectedly throughout the novel. Her characters are stellar, so quirky, and yet probably like real people somewhere. I don’t know where she even found them in her creative head. Then she develops them beyond imagination. I love her books. They are certainly a good time. I have read some of the Val Fremden series as well and they are fabulous too.

Canada on Feb 22, 2021

Shhhh: Roberta Drex should have been a boy, and her dad was a bit disappointed when she was born. In Moth Busters, Roberta deals with her daddy issues by losing the safety of her boyish clothes and lifestyle. But this only kicks off when a bloke turns up at her garage in need of repairs to his RV and ends up staying over. However, Roberta has ambitions to be a private investigator and her mentor, Detective Paulson, appears to have developed a bit of a crush on her.
I may have made the plot sound complex, but it really is a flowing book. Great characters, rural Florida location (and the garage of course). And a plot thread I was not expecting. I had no idea what the title meant I just thought 'I'll read and find out' I'm glad I did because it was awesome! This is a cosy mystery like one of those 'funny' episodes of the X-Files. Excellent.

United Kingdom on Jan 20, 2021

Kindle Customer: What a really strange read. Took me a while to get into it but the more you read the more you have to read (rather like eating Pringles). A plot that is so out there but if you are into things like UFO's, Area 51 or the X Files then this is for you. Quirky, zany characters that seem insane until you actually think about what you have read and then it seems to make sense. Crazy! MIB has nothing on this as your imagination starts running wild.
She hates the garage and resents her cousin. After all he took over as her father's favourite when she turned 11 and she wouldn't have been in this crazy position of having been shot between the eyes to try to make ends meet and pay the bills plus her cousin's wages. Seeing ghosts, floating red eyes, an RV driver that had an accident, dead bodies and a handsome detective. Is there really such a being as the Mothman? Who is responsible for all the deaths? Will she ever get out of this hell hole?

United Kingdom on May 27, 2019