With a puff of magic

I wasn't sure about this book mainly because I couldn't see how the author could get a story about dragons into the book. We have had ghosts but dragon's? I needn't have worried the author pulled it of brilliantly and for all the sceptics out there the Dragon is no more alive than Santa (sorry for all you believers out there I didn't mean to spoil it for you) and I ended up really enjoying the book. Mainly because Walt and the gang are back to helping strangers in the way that only they can, with luck and humour. It turned out to be really fascinating and again the story had a serious side to the plot too, that gets you thinking long after the story has finished.
Walt stumbles on a young man who has just witnessed a mugging but it isn't the first time the young man has witnessed violence. In fact he might be a young man but due to the tragedy he went through he is stunted at the age of eight and to survive the world he holds on tight to the Dragon necklace, the last thing his mother gave him before she died. With Walt and the Dragon can young Billy over come his troubles to live a happier life? At the same time a young woman arrives at the shelter, running away with her daughter from an abusive father. Can Billy pass on the magic of the Dragon to help the young girl in her hour of need? Next up a girl is kidnapped when her mother refuses the advances of her boss. Can Walt and the power of the Dragon once again use there powers to rescue her and bring the bad guy to justice?
George Kuch is great as the narrator and waves his own magic with just his voice. All in all another great instalment to the Lady Justice series.

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Why was the snowman rummaging through the carrots?

... He was picking his nose.
Corny, yes, but that's the trademark of Jerry, one of Walt's old friends.

For those unfamiliar with this fabulous series, Walt Williams is a retired realtor who joined the police when in his 60s. Now he is retired again to run his own PI firm with his brother in law, both 'grey haired old gumshoes' in their 70s. But don't underestimate the elderly. As he says, 'You don't want to make old people mad. They don't like being old in the first place."
The brilliance of this series, besides the excellent characterisation of Walt and his various friends, is Robert Thornhill's ability to take controversial subjects, build great detective stories around them often highlighting both sides of the issues, and inject a good helping of humour (and that doesn't include Jerry's jokes) to lighten the situations. The stories make the reader think, but so effortlessly, and then come to their own decisions. This time the focus is on Medicare and drug abuse and the effects of family violence, especially on the children. Always well researched and informative, every book in this series is superb - and, surprisingly, lots of fun.

The books are almost totally related in the first person, from Walt's point of view, and George Kuch is excellent as Walt, becomes Walt, talking to his audience like he's telling a tale to an old friend. Together, author and narrator are the perfect pairing, making every one of the (stand alone) stories in the series unmissable. My thanks to the rights holder of Lady Justice and the Magic Dragon who, at my request, freely gifted me a complimentary copy of the audio, via Audiobook Boom. Such a treat.
Simply superb and highly recommended.

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Tough to review this one.

This audiobook is hard for me to review,
Don’t get me wrong it was well written but it was I believe for a very young audience, something like 12-13 year old crowd.
Somehow the author turned an ugly world into a beautiful one which eventually everything works out at the end no matter how bad the situation is. Thank
I did like how the author got Amazon Alexia into the story implying that privacy is gone and listening to it on Amazon was beautiful.

Do I recommend this book?
Yes for youngsters but not for adults.



My honest review even so that I got the audiobook for free.

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