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It's official: stumbling, bumbling James Lessor and Skip Moore are licensed private investigators. Now, that's some scary stuff. It could take time to get More or Less Investigations off the ground, so James takes a job with a traveling carnival show. But this show has a dubious reputation, having had a string of accidents and at least one death in the past year.
When they're hired to investigate what's caused the carnival chaos, James and Skip set into motion a dizzying, roller-coaster chain of events.
After a terrifying trip on the Dragon Tail ride, a not-so-fun dust-up in Freddy's Fun House, and a host of threats, James and Skip realize they'll get anything but cooperation from this cantankerous cast of carnies. But when a carnival worker is murdered, James and Skip will have to act fast . . . because they might be next in line.
For James and Skip, the only thing sweeter than the smell of corndogs and fried dough will be the sweet smell of success—but in this case, 'success' means getting out alive. When this investigation goes completely off the rails, and James and Skip will be in for the ride of their lives.
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"In Don Bruns' Don't Sweat the Small Stuff, newly-licensed Miami PIs. Skip Moore and James Lessor are well-meaning bumblers, but they're still heaps smarter than the hapless carnies they encounter when they go underground at a carnival. Someone has been sabotaging the rides, resulting in one death and the near-fatal injury of another man. Told from Skip's hilarious first-person POV, we see his frustration as his partner falls in lust with a carnival-loving hottie, to the further detriment of his already poor detecting skills. Aware that they're in over their heads, the two purchase a trunk full of spy gear, then belatedly realize that they don't even know how to work the stuff. In the meantime, the carnie body count rises. A ride operator is found murdered while answering a call of nature (yes, we're talking toilet humor, and lots of it, too), and Skip is threatened while walking through the darkened Funhouse. One warning: political correctness in nowhere to be found in this book. In the scenes that include a dwarf who runs a petting zoo, Skip and James never miss a chance to let fly ribald short jokes. Nevertheless, Bruns treats us to an amusing mystery about two bungling detectives who crack enough one-liners to star in their own sitcom. This is a new direction for Bruns, who is best known for his popular Caribbean mystery series, which include Bahama Burnout and St. Barts Breakdown."
—Small Press Reviews by Betty Webb, Mystery Scene, 2010 Holiday Issue #117
"The compadres of More or Less Investigations have the same kind of zany chemistry as Evanovich's Stephanie Plum and her partner Lula. The eccentric characters and weird situations that Plum deals with also remind me of the similarities with Moore and Lessor. James and Skip run in to a lot of crazy situations and a lot of eccentric people. Those looking for action and a plot with plenty of twists and turns will also enjoy Don't Sweat the Small Stuff and look forward to more hi jinks from this unlikely pair of PIs."
—Mystery Maven Reviews
"Don't Sweat The Small Stuff is one of the funniest books of the year, no sweat."
—New York Journal Of Books
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