Former military policeman John Ceepak and his young partner Danny Boyle are cops in the resort town of Sea Haven, New Jersey.  The only thing Ceepak and Boyle have in common is a love for Bruce Springsteen’s music.  Ceepak is all business, “a cop 24/7,” who does “not lie, cheat or steal nor tolerate those who do.”  Boyle, who originally came on the force as a part-time summer cop in order to impress college girls, is a rather callow, light-hearted, wise-cracking sort.  This odd couple manages to work together to the conclusion of each case in Grabenstein’s funny and suspenseful books. Fun House (Pegasus, 2012), is the seventh book in the series.  It tells what mayhem happens when a reality TV show comes to town.

–posted  5/15/2012