No Easy Deeds

No Easy Deeds is the first book in the two book Echo Lane series and charts the adventures of the hero Danny Monk. It's fair to say Danny is having a tough time, its 1990, the UK is in recession and Danny's life has turn to shit. But a new job as a junior estate agent threatens to change all that.

The book is super nostalgic for anyone who remembers England in the 1990's. The details around the price of a pint or the cars people drove were really charming. I'd forgotten all about Lunn Poly and 20p games of pool.

I felt the pacing of the story was a little slow, although it did speed up at times. The level of detail around the process of being an estate agent was a little bit dull at times, perhaps this was useful to make the reader sympathise with Danny and the job he is forced to take.

I found myself warming to Danny and especially Gavin, his rather pathetic colleague.

There was a decent wrapping up to the story and an obvious setup for the second book in the series. I'd like to read it at some point to see where Danny ends up but not straight away.