Compulsion

Compulsion by Jonathan Kellerman

Category: Mystery Grade: B+

I really love Taco Bell. It's the best of fast food. You know you're never going to get a gourmet meal, but you know you're always going to enjoy what you get for what it is. It's also dirt cheap. My favorite is the double-decker taco - a crispy taco smeared with refried beans and wrapped in a flour tortilla. Sometimes there's not enough meat; sometimes the taco shell isn't quite crispy; sometimes, for me, there's not enough tomato, but it always fills me up and tastes good and costs $1.29.

Kellerman (and his wife Faye, but, to me, not his son Jesse) writes fast food fiction. The investment is low - they're fast reads that don't require a lot of thought - no big words and lots of dialogue. You know you're never going to get lasting literature. Sometimes the plot is a little thin; sometimes the conclusion is a little silly, but it's always a fun read with great characters and an interesting story.

Enough said.