This book starts off with Biden mooning over the good-ole-days when his bromance with Obama was in fully swing and only gets better from there.

I did have to keep reminding myself this is a fictional version of Obama and Biden, because they do things in the novel I doubt they would in real life, but as a story this has the grit of a noir film in modern times and adds fuel to the meme culture that Obama inspired. (At one point, Obama rides in on a glowing white unicorn. He also terrorizes a biker clan just for being himself.)

The mystery is well done, it didn't go where I expected, but I also really loved how Shaffer tied it with fictional-Biden's own emotional dilemmas. His relationship with Obama and the fear of being replaced, whether his mystery he's investigating really is a mystery or just something he's made up to feel useful/fit with his opinions of the dead guy, his desire to Go Good even as he feels like he's been unsuccessful in the past.

This is a good, fast read. And a great conversation starter when you leave it around the house.