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Reviewed by Lucinda E Clarke for Readers' Favorite
It would be difficult to title this book any other way than Unorganised Crime, as the misfit characters are as disorganised as it is possible to be. Author Jamie C. Richter introduces us to two struggling, and not very bright, bar owners. They were friends from schooldays and worked hard, but Jack Perkins and Hung, his partner, got themselves into debt. They owe thousands to a loan shark by the name of Magdalena Black, who protects herself with a frightening heavy named Mark. Set on Australia’s Gold Coast, the roadworks adjacent to the failing bar The Hackston are probably not worth saving, but it’s a lifelong dream for the duo. To reclaim some of their debt, Magdalena instructs them to collect a Korean gentleman from the airport and babysit him. He is bringing intel she desperately wants, but when he disappears, our heroes are in deep trouble. Add gangsters from Brisbane out to avenge a family killing, corrupt and mentally challenged policemen not above committing murder, and the plot becomes more complicated by the page. Lurking in the background is one person with real brains, and it is only in the last pages that we learn how the tables are turned with a surprising outcome.
Unorganised Crime by Jamie C. Richter is a quirky read. Its main attraction is the dialogue, as simple sentences are compounded into nonsensical back-and-forth as the characters attempt to understand each other. These people have hardly a brain cell between them, and even fewer morals and empathy, but you can’t help but love them. They struggle to unravel events and decipher literary and historical references, which left me laughing out loud. This book is a brilliant use of language and is written with skill. You can dig deeper to find layers of desperation and the plight of those who cannot learn from mistakes and their unrealized dreams. But it is best enjoyed as an amusing story, laced with one disaster after another, which all mesh at the end to provide a very satisfying conclusion.
