The Midnight Plan of the Repo Man (Ruddy McCann #1) by W. Bruce Cameron

The Midnight Plan of the Repo Man (Ruddy McCann #1) Reviews

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  Shelby *trains flying monkeys*

  4.5 stars
  
  This book is so much fun.
  Ruddy McCann was an all star football player destined for greatness in the big leagues..then a bad thing happened and he ended up as a repo man and part time bouncer in his co-owner bar.
  The man has some crap luck..between getting his arse kicked during a repo by a goose named Doris.
  
  
  
  He starts hearing what at first he thinks is the stuffed bear in the bar's voice..........
  
  
  As it turns out somehow a dead realtor named Alan has ended up in his head. Alan wants Ruddy to find out who and why he was killed.
  With a cast of..well weird characters this book doesn't slow down for a minute. I loved it.
  Ruddy isn't a perfect guy, but to me he is frigging awesome. He has a sidekick of the world's laziest Bassett Hound for crying out loud. He is going on to my list of book boyfriends.
  
  
  
  

  "So you punch the guy out a couple of days after his father died," Alan translated for me after we left Milt's office.
  "Well I didn't know that at the time," I replied peevishly. "Otherwise I would have let him shoot me."

  
  
  This book is first person narrative but it is actually perfect for this book. The dialogue between Ruddy and Alan in his head is done perfectly. I actually hope for a sequel on this one.
  
  I've got to quit reading good books and rating them highly..People won't know who I am.
  
  I received an arc copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
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  Melki

  
  
  Ruddy McCann's life was pretty sucky even before he started hearing a voice in his head. Since that career in the NFL thing didn't pan out, he's been working as a repo man and bouncer in his sister's bar. He didn't think it was possible, but things are going to get a whole lot worse.
  
  The voice - who is it? What does it want?
  
  Turns out, the voice has a name - Alan, and he's not any happier about the situation than Ruddy. As he astutely observes, "I'm a man trapped in a man's body."
  
  This, of course, turns out to be something akin to having Felix Unger and Oscar Madison try to inhabit the same brain, and translates into pages and pages of merriment for the reader.
  
  There are a lot of things going on here. Ruddy's suddenly trying to solve a murder, while figuring out who's sending bad checks to his feeble-minded buddy AND dealing with his sister's new beau's shady credit card scheme. The author manages to keep all plates deftly spinning, so three cheers for that.
  
  My favorite bits were the repos and even more, the attempted repos. As Ruddy puts it, being a repo man requires "nerves of stupidity", and that is well demonstrated here. One repo turns into a repeated gag which had one of THE BEST conclusions EVER. It also provided the BEST LAUGH I've had in ages!
  
  Oh, yeah - there's also a lovable elderly dog who DOESN'T DIE!
  
  Paws down, this is a winner.
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  Mike French

  Thank you Pamela for the recommendation. I loved the quirks of this story. Different than any book I can recall reading before. Kept me interested from start to the finish! So far this my favorite book that I read in 2015. Took me longer than normal to read,because I only could get in small print and my tired,old eyes need bright light which I don't have at home! I highly recommend this book if you have a quirky sense of humor!
  
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  Linda Johnson

  Murder, mystery, romance and throw in a lovable lazy dog and a stuffed bear and you have The Midnight Plan of The Repo Man! I especially enjoyed the small town setting and local characters! I really hope there is a sequel and definitely look forward to reading more from W. Bruce Cameron!
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  Karen

  How fun to find a recreational read that grabs the best elements from
  Carl Hiaasen for his nutty socially challenged characters;
  Michael Connelly for his down-on-his-prospects persona-as-protagonist;
  Garth Stein for giving a dog a porthole view of our self-deprecating character (albeit not in dog-speak); and even
  Tom Robbins for back/foreground characters like a stuffed bear, a guard goose and not least of all, a central character who is only alive in someone's head.
  
  If you enjoy any of those authors for sleek, smart style with a good dash of frivolity to tell a tale of mystery and mayhem with a crime-solving agenda by a flawed yet compassionate character, read this book.
  
  I'm out to scout more of Mr W Bruce Cameron's works which historically seem to have a dog in the title. I'm assured they promise to be anything but.
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  Brian

  I absolutely loved this book, which came as a total surprise to me. It was up there as one of the best books I read this year. The plot is pretty odd: our main character, Ruddy, is a repo man who deals with some unsavory characters. He gives a lot of his earnings to the family bar that he and his sister Becky inherited after their parents passed away. One night, while in said bar, he begins to hear a voice in his head. The voice of a man named Alan who claims he was murdered. Ruddy decides to figure out who killed Alan and to try to bring this crime to justice. We are treated in this novel to a plethora of fun and lovable side characters. Almost every character is memorable and brought to live expertly by the author. In particular, I enjoyed the characters of Jimmy, as well as Katie. This is a good, solid read that I would recommend to anyone!
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  Kate Ayers

  Five stars for absolute fun. Ruddy McCann, fallen football star, disappointment to his family and not real proud of himself, is eking out a living towing away bank repos. Unsurprisingly, he has to be quite creative in his tactics, since people who possess cars they quit paying for tend to be less than cooperative about giving them back. As if things are bleak enough for Ruddy, he starts hearing voices in his head. No, make that just one voice. And the voice has a name. Alan. Alan claims to have been a murder victim and wants Ruddy to find out who did it and bring them to justice. Well, isn't that just peachy? What unfolds from this unlikely scenario (I know, that's an understatement of the large kind) is nothing short of hysterical, but against all odds it's not silly. It's very funny, and at times even very touching. You'll just have to read it to find out what I mean.
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  Rose

  I bought this book based on title alone. I just had a feeling about it. I wish I was as lucky with lotto tickets.
  
  Ruddy is a repo man in a small town. His sister owns the local bar & grill where he also works as a bouncer. After a very vivid dream, Ruddy discovers he has a voice in his head. Not an inner dialogue but the voice of a murder victim. This voice ultimately gets him to discover what happened and who killed him.
  
  It sounds far fetched when I tell it but it worked perfectly in the story. I torn through it in a day and was a bit sad that it ended. Ruddy is a good guy who's had some bad things happen to him. The cast of characters were a joy to get to know. What a crazy little town.
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  Aisling

  GO GET THIS BOOK! I loved it. A likeable, funny hero, heart pounding action, and surprisingly tender romance. One very unusual element (no spoilers) adds to a well plotted and multi faceted mystery. Just a highly enjoyable book by a great writer. I had picked up a second unrelated book by this author (the Dog Master) and began it the minute I finished this one...and ended up staying up waaay too late reading. Apparently I have found a new favorite author. And the movie based on his book A Dog's Purpose is coming to theatres soon. Don't miss out on this author! Five enthusiastic stars.
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  Allen Adams

  
  http://www.themaineedge.com/buzz/a-re...
  
  The hero’s journey is one of the oldest stories that we tell. There have been endless variations on that theme; a multitude of takes on the idea. And yet, so many storytellers find ways to keep that seemingly ageless idea fresh.
  
  Introducing a flawed hero into the equation is one way to do it. Finding a way to put a kink in the paths usually traveled is another. And if you can do both, well…then you’ve got something interesting.
  
  That’s what W. Bruce Cameron has done with his new novel “The Midnight Plan of the Repo Man”.
  
  Ruddy McCann is a classic example of a small-town might-have-been. A high school and college football star, Ruddy’s life instantly came unraveled following the events of a single tragic night. His NFL dreams crushed, Ruddy makes his living as a repo man in his tiny hometown of Kalkaska, Michigan; he’s also the part-time bouncer at the local bar that his parents owned and his sister runs. It’s not a great life, but it’s a life with which Ruddy has come to terms.
  
  Everything changes, however, when the voices start.
  
  One voice, actually - a voice that introduces itself as Alan Lottner and claims to be a real (albeit dead) person, a realtor from a nearby town. Alan also believes that he was murdered and demands that Ruddy track down his killers.
  
  Meanwhile, there’s a new girl – and potential love interest - that has entered the picture. Additionally, Ruddy is having some issues at work; he’s training the boss’s nephew in the business and dealing with a particularly elusive target. He’s even feeling some friction between himself and his sister. And all the while, there’s a voice in his head telling to clean up his act, deal with his issues and, oh yeah, solve a murder.
  
  But hey – at least he’s got his dog.
  
  There’s a wonderful sense of expansiveness that permeates this book, despite its small scale. On paper, the distance traveled is fairly minimal - the action takes place in a relatively tiny chunk of central Michigan. But that small-town feel is a large part of what makes this book tick; anyone who has lived in a small town – especially an isolated small town – understands how that sense of isolation can steadily elongate the miles and warp one’s perception and perspective.
  
  Ultimately, “The Midnight Plan of the Repo Man” belongs to Ruddy McCann. He’s an unconventional hero to say the least; he’s quick to anger and prone to rash decisions. Following the death of his singular dream, he has been content to simply float along in life’s current and travel the path of least resistance. He’s also smarter than he lets on, kinder than he’d ever admit and a hell of a lot of fun to get to know – but since he’s shut himself off from the world, no one ever meets the real Ruddy.
  
  But when Alan Lottner moves in and a buddy comedy breaks out in his cerebral cortex, the interactions between the two of them bring out the best in Ruddy. The repo man is firmly pushed toward becoming the man he should be, despite his efforts to remain stagnant and static. Alan’s presence pushes and prods Ruddy toward a new life – a life he never would have considered without outside (or inside) intervention.
  
  The cast that orbits Ruddy is made up of a wonderfully vivid assortment of oddballs; small-town weirdos who somehow manage to turn provincialism into kindness. So many of them are possessed of a gentle lunacy and/or an utter guilelessness that makes them all quite charming - the dim-witted ladies’ man; the goofy get-rich-quick scheming couple; the tack-sharp local lawman; you name it. More than anything, Kalkaska and its surrounding towns feel like a slightly skewed Lake Woebegone, populated with delightfully-tweaked archetypes and colorful characters.
  
  All of this comes alive thanks to Cameron. His quirky characters bounce back and forth across the rural Michigan landscape with abandon, brought into vivid detail thanks to crispness of prose and clarity of voice – Ruddy sports a wonderfully idiosyncratic tone throughout. Cameron also shows a particular knack for capturing the nuance of interpersonal relationships, along with a keen sense of the absurd.
  
  “A Midnight Plan for the Repo Man” is a lot of things. It’s a ghost story and a love story, a mystery and a comedy. It’s sharp and sweet and, ultimately, a very good read.
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  Amber

  This book was extremely hard to get into. The narrative kept getting ahead of the plot, creating tensions that couldn't have existed quite yet, which just made it confusing. For example, Ruddy would pull really strange pranks on Alan, but Alan hadn't been around long enough to be either a nuisance or be missed when he initially was "asleep".
  
  There was too much put into subpar characters and the whole book just didn't feel believable. I don't feel the ending was satisfactory and Alan's death (second) hurt it. Death itself already created loose ends; why did it need to tack on a second set?
  
  The main plot kept getting pushed aside by subplots for characters who were just annoying and frankly foolish. Jimmy made repetitive stupid decisions and even after knowing it was stupid he continued doing it. Wilma and Claude were just a meaningless distraction and she should have left him the second he thought this scheme of theirs would allow him to stray. And lastly the entire Becky and Kermit thing was just so far from being believable that I found myself wanting someone to put some sense into Becky ' s character. I could understand one of these moronic characters (Jimmy and his subplot could stay), but with more than half of them being this way it was just hair - pullingly bad.
  
  Ruddy is the worst Repo Man probably ever. He didn't successfully get one car without it getting damaged in one way or another, so why would Milt then give him money with all of his screw-ups?
  
  The best part about this book was the Prologue. It was for the most part downhill from there. Alan at least had an interesting voice and was for the most part concise and thought out. Ruddy was probably meant to be the complete opposite, but then you have a narrative that is clashing with the POV of the main character, who often tries to be funny, but he just isn't.
  
  I wish there had been more unraveling of the mystery to Alan's death and that Ruddy didn't have to keep worrying about all of the subplot elements rather than the main plot. The answer in the end just was far too simple for a puzzle that really doesn't add up in the end. I wanted more from this novel. It wrapped up too fast when it didn't spend enough time building the main plot's foundation.
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  Phillis

  Since I read two of Cameron's other books, (A Dog's Journey, A Dog's Purpose), and liked both, I thought I would read this one. I certainly am glad I did. I really like the story line, the characters, and the some what humorous tale of the Repo Man. It starts out simple enough with Ruddy McCann trying to make a living stealing other peoples vehicles in the middle of the night. He strictly works on commission to the lien holders of said vehicles. Some repos give him more trouble than others. Take the one involving a goose named Doris.
  One night Ruddy has a very disturbing dream where he witnesses a murder of a Real Estate Agent. He shakes it off as having eaten something that didn't agree with him, but a few days later the disembodied voice of said agent is now talking to him in his head. Said voice, Alan, wants Ruddy to help him find his killers. Alan has no idea who they are, only what they look like. Then there is Ruddy's sister Becky who owns a bar that Ruddy works part time as a bouncer. There is a cast of characters that visit the bar and cause their own brand of mayhem. Last but not least it wouldn't be a Cameron book if it didn't have a dog. Ruddy's dog Jake is a basset hound who's favorite thing is to lay around and sleep.
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  L Y N N

  Full review at Smoke & Mirrors:
  http://books-n-music.blogspot.com/201.... Excellent book! Great mystery! Nice little romance! Like Bruce, I will use as many exclamation points as I wish!! (From the acknowledgements section... :)) Ooh, the bad guys were really bad! There is a sequel in the works, too! I like Ruddy. I really liked Alan. Albert Einstein Croft and Doris! That was something similar to what I might find in a Stephanie Plum novel! :)
  
  Cameron's humor appears throughout and really heightens the enjoyment of this book. Though there are many tense and suspenseful moments, it ends up okay in the end! Katie is quite the hero. I was glad I had read the introductory e-short story, The Midnight Dog of the Repo Man, so I knew a bit more about Ruddy and Jake. Very anxious to see where Katie, Jake, Ruddy, Becky, Kermit (no, NOT a frog!), and Jimmy all end up in the next novel! Fun stuff! Good read!
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  Rhonda

  I work in a public library and books I want and hope to read someday are always coming across my desk. On a whim I took this one home and, boy oh boy, what a find. This book was great...an easy and quick read, I wasn't ready for it to end. A refreshing mystery with a little family and romance thrown in...oh and don't forget Jake the dog!
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  Debbie

  Want to read a funny suspense novel full of quirky, on the edge, good people characters, full of twists and turns,and you can't put it down? Read this! What a joy to read and so different from The Dog Master, which I also loved. Apparently, a sequel is planned, which is great news.
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  Kaylie Longley

  The Midnight Plan of the Repo Man is the perfect rainy day book. It’s filled with an odd cast of characters, dry humor, irony, cute romance, and packed with action. In my two sittings of reading, I burst out laughing multiple times.
  
  Ruddy McCann’s the star of the show. A former football player with high hopes for NFL fame, his life comes crashing down after an accident. His dreams of stardom evaporate, and he’s stuck in the middle of nowhere, Michigan, as a repo man/bouncer for his sister Becky’s bar. I related to his feelings of isolation as I’m from suburbia, Wisconsin. His life has made him cynical, until he begins hearing a voice who he begrudgingly befriends. The voice promptly tells Ruddy he’s not psychotic, contrary to popular belief. The voice says he’s really a person stuck inside him, a dead realtor named Alan who’s seeking revenge.
  
  Thus begins a whirlwind adventure. The first person narration works perfectly here, as Ruddy learns to let the past go while Alan clings on. As Alan and Ruddy banter throughout the book, so much happens, but W. Bruce Cameron balances his hefty plot with humor and heart. Ruddy attempts to train his boss’s nephew Kermit the ways of getting people back on their feet (literally) through repossession, and the scenes between Katie and Ruddy as their friendship blossoms are thoughtful. Plus, dull-witted yet wise Jimmy and Ruddy’s lazy but loyal dog Jake round out the cast.
  
  Ruddy’s not perfect. He angers easily, his filter is limited. Each character is flawed and therefore achingly real. I rooted for Ruddy, Katie, Jimmy, and Becky and thus could not put the book down. These oddball characters, along with the expansive yet sequestered setting and sometimes dark humor, reminded me of Fargo.
  
  Life pushes Ruddy out of complacency, and he’s one of the most complex characters I've read all year, making The Midnight Plan of the Repo Man one of my favorite books of 2015! Ultimately, we learn that heroes aren't always knights in shining armor. Sometimes, they take the form of the repo man.
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  Dana Glossbrenner

  This is the warmest and most engaging and laugh-out-loud-funny books I've read since I don't know when. Main character Ruddy (short for Ruddick) is a former college football player who was on the verge of a Heismann Trophy before fortune flopped on him and he winds up being a bouncer in his sister's bar when he's not skulking about the woods looking for ways to earn bucks by towing away vehicles for the finance company. When he begins to hear a voice in his head, and that voice introduces himself as "Alan," I dropped my Kindle, I was laughing so hard. It's serious business, though, these brushes with people with guns while Ruddy deals with "Alan." Cameron skillfully manages this off-the-wall premise and weaves it into a delightful tale.
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  Moondance

  I'm afraid.
  
  This book was a "blind date with a book" from my local library. The book was wrapped in brown paper with only a few things about it written on the front. Supernatural, mystery, funny, off-beat, banter-filled. Well, my mind immediately went to
  Darynda Jones. I was wrong and almost didn't read the book because the cover did not speak to me. I'm so glad I gave it a chance.
  
  Ruddick "Ruddy" McCann was an all star football player slated to wow the NFL. A single slip of judgment destroyed that dream. Now he works part time as a repo man and as a bartender/bouncer in the bar his parents left to his sister. He suddenly starts hearing a voice in his head and thinks he is losing his mind. The voice turns out to be a former realtor, Alan Lottner who tries to convince Ruddy he was murdered.
  
  This book had so many great moments. Rudy is not the best repo man. He gets attacked by a duck named Doris, he is saddled with his employer's nephew, Kermit, and he has feelings for a woman he just met who happens to be Alan's daughter. Alan's reaction when he sees his baby girl all grown up is heart wrenching.
  
  The interaction between Ruddy and Alan is great. Alan often tries to be the voice of reason and Ruddy just barrels through situations without a lot of thought. Ruddy is a true and loyal friend to jimmy. Jimmy is a handsome, lovable screw up that you can't help but like. Ruddy's dog Jake is great. I love how he hates to do anything that doesn't involve food or sleep.
  
  Ruddy becomes a prime suspect in Alan's death after he goes to the police. The workings of small town law enforcement is not ready to hear about crazy dreams let alone voices.
  
  The mystery was very well done. The culprits are revealed fairly early but the reason behind the murder takes time.
  
  This book is well worth the read and I look forward to reading the next book in the series.
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  Lata

  Ruddy McCann is named the Repo man with the heart of gold by one of the characters in this light, humourous crime story. It's fairly appropriate assessment of the character, despite some of his need to control things around him.
  
  At the start of this story, Ruddy has a dream of being murdered, then later starts hearing a voice in his head, who it turns out, is a murdered man, Alan Lottner. The two develop an amusing and somewhat argumentative relationship as Alan forces Ruddy to investigate his death.
  Ruddy and his sister Becky also have a few financial concerns, with their being at risk of losing the family’s bar, and Rudy’s recent repo assignments going south, partially due to his repo “assistant” Kermit being almost completely useless. Kermit ingratiates himself with Becky, meanwhile, while convincing her to try out a somewhat dubious plan to make money for the bar.
  There’s a lot going on, between the repo assignments, murder investigation, and money-making efforts. We see Ruddy struggle with all the changes happening in his life, as well as police scrutiny (being a former convict) during his and Alan's sleuthing, and it's interesting watching Ruddy learn to et out of his own way at times to figure out how to deal with the problems.
  This is a light and easy-going book, even with the multiple murders and other criminal and/or shady things going on. Jake remains sweet, and a little slower and older, while Ruddy’s and Becky’s lives are thankfully in a better place by this entertaining book’s end.
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  Barb (Boxermommyreads)

  There were so many things I loved about this book, I really don't know where to start. First of all, the story was great. Ruddy is a down on his luck repo man and part-time bouncer at the family bar. Murphy's Law could use Ruddy as a poster child. Throughout the book, he gets into all kinds of predicaments, including waking one day with the voice of Alan, a man who died 8 years ago, in his head. This books is mainly about solving Alan's murder, and Ruddy spends a large part of the book wondering if he is going to lose his mind, but there are enough side stories going on which make it hard to put the book down.
  
  Next, I loved the characters. Ruddy is so darn likable and even though you are led to believe he has done some wrong things in his past, you can't imagine any of them were done intentionally. He adopted his best friend Jake after finding him in the trunk of one of his repos. A man who loves dogs - way to my heart! Ruddy has a soft spot for his sister Becky, who also drives him crazy, and several other zany characters show up from time to time in the book. However, that is not to say that Ruddy isn't at time irritating himself, and at times I wished someone would just smack him in his head. This doesn't make the book any less enjoyable, it just makes it more real. Cameron created a wonderful world in which these people live, work and interact. I could actually see myself being friends with these people, which may say something about me, but who wouldn't want to get to know a couple constantly trying to get rich quick, an immature guy named Kermit and a goose named Doris.
  
  I own several of Cameron's works and have never read them - I know as dog stories they have to be sad at some point and I have to gear myself up for that. I am so glad I grabbed this book when I saw it at the library. I can see it joining my collection on my bookshelves soon. The very end of the book hinted at another story involving Ruddy, Jake and the rest of the crazy clan and I for one can't wait.
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  Susan (aka Just My Op)

  I have a soft spot for characters who are screw-ups with good hearts, and Ruddy (like the complexion) is exactly that. And he repossesses cars for a living, an occupation no one holds in high esteem. (As an aside, I never understood the contempt for repo men. You promise to pay for a car, you don't pay, you don't return it, it gets taken away. What is so nefarious about that?)
  
  This story by W. Bruce Cameron, the author of A Dog's Purpose among other books, is entertaining and mostly fluffy with a touch of bad guys and bad stuff. The characters are fun to read about. Ruddy did something bad and went to prison – we're told that fairly early on. What he did is not revealed until later in the book but it isn't hard to figure out.
  
  The beginning is wonderfully creepy. And you know those niggling inner voices? Ruddy has one in spades. His inner voice is named Alan.
  
  I loved the not-too-smart character Jimmy, and his and Ruddy's loyalty to one another. And the dog Jake – who could not love Jake, a dog that thinks going for a walk is a chore.
  
  There is a touch of romance, or at least romance desired, but not sappy.
  
  This is an enjoyable book, light but not saccharine, and I will be on the lookout for the promised, yet unnamed sequel.
  
  I was given an advance readers copy of this book for review.
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  Sandra Lenahan

  I read every page of the book I'm reading, I have to I'm a nerd. All I can say is thank goodness I do otherwise this review would have been full of outrage!
  
  The story should not have ended with so many unanswered questions but after reading the acknowledgements I know there will be future Repo Man books to fill in the blanks - happiness and joy! Now it's just a question of when : )
  
  The Midnight Plan of the Repo Man is full of Cameron's trademark wit and well written characters.
  
  Alan has got to be the most effeminate man in all of Kalkaska, Michigan - creased pants, clean freak, yoga practicing, psychic visiting Alan who notices makeup, jewelry and is always considering the feelings of others is the polar opposite of Ruddy, the hothead former football star who's in love with Alan's daughter. Toss in a dim bulb best friend, get rich quick schemes and a guy named Kermit and you've got yourself a funny fast-paced read.
  
  This is the perfect book for fans of Carl Hiasson, Dave Barry and Elmore Leonard.
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  Jamie Collins

  3.5 stars. This was a lot of fun, even though the dog didn’t feature as much as I expected him to. I’ve never read anything by this author before, and I was pleasantly surprised. This is decidedly heartwarming, but it’s also funny and suspenseful.
  
  It’s more of a comedic crime novel than a murder mystery. Ruddy’s repo man adventures are slightly reminiscent of Stephanie Plum’s bail bond escapades, except that Ruddy is actually pretty good at his job. The voice in Ruddy’s head is the single fantasy element in the book, and it works quite well.
  
  I enjoyed the first half of the book a little more than the second half, because I liked the setup and the introduction of the characters more than the action scenes at the end. I especially liked Jimmy, because I have known people who would do the exact same thing with those mysterious checks.
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  T.R. McKilligan

  I'm giving this book three stars because while it was good, it could have been way better. The concept had so much potential, but Cameron didn't quite pull it off. Ruddy is a repo man who finds himself hearing the voice of a dead man in his head. Right there is the enormous potential that this story possesses. And if the author had concentrated on that instead of filling up pages with redundancies and complications that had no ultimate bearing on the story, he would have nailed it. Still, it wasn't bad. Not as funny as I had hoped it would be, but there are a few good chuckles to be had. I think that Ruddy McCann has a real future in literature; I hope Cameron handles him well.
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  Amanda

  This was an ok read for me. Not a real big fan of any of the characters in the story. Allan the ghost was annoying. I would have liked if the dog, Jake, would have played a bigger part in the story, like all the other books W. Bruce Cameron as written.