I went browsing for something to read at my local library, the Town Hall Library. I read through the summaries on the backs and inside folds of dozens of books, to see what caught my eye. I ultimately choose a mystery novel, conventionally at the very end of the shelf right by the wall. This book I picked up was called Runaway Man, by David Handler, a mystery novel, a genre I quite enjoy. The description had interested me, the reviews at the back of the book were positive (which, of course they would be, but I liked what was said) and at 247 pages, it was a decently long novel, but not too long.

The novel is about Benji Golden, a 25-year old detective, attempting to solve the mystery surrounding the murder of a college student. In the first chapter, the Golden family is commissioned by an anonymous client to find and give a hefty inheritance to Bruce Weiner, a top student in Canterberry. Benji eventually finds him simply up north in his family's vacation home, where he had gone to seemingly study hard for finals. A month later though, Bruce is found murdered. During the investigation, Benji stumbles onto a huge conspiracy, of how Bruce is the missing link in the Kidd family, the city's richest and most powerful family.

I thought that the novel was alright. I enjoyed the mystery, and most of the character writing, the one main criticism I had with it throughout the novel was the large amount of, to me, unnecessary sexual innuendos and adult jokes that felt often forced in.  Besides that, this was an enjoyable mystery novel to me, with good suspense, character writing, and action. Though it had a slow start, once Bruce gets murdered and the real story of the novel picks up, I was on the edge of my seat through it all. I feel this book appeals to all people who are interested in mystery novels.