Strip (Thomas Perry)

I've really enjoyed his Jane Whitefield books, but this one didn't work as well for me. It is that form of humor where nobody  is really likable, which I guess gives the author the freedom to do outrageous things to them. I don't like a book, though, where there's nobody I can see as a good guy. I need someone to root for, and some way to feel that there's a happy ending. This book has neither. The aging owner of several strip clubs in LA is robbed by a masked man. There's some minor suggestion implicating someone who turns out to be innocent, so he sends his goons to kill him. The man fights back, and along the way lots of people wind up dead or cheated. I stuck with it to the end, but it left a bitter taste.