Mucho Mojo

I've been wanting to read Joe R. Landsdale's Hap and Leonard series for awhile now, but I said to myself: "Do you really think you need to start a new series right now? You haven't finished the Hannah Swensen books yet, not to mention all the other books you have on hold. And don't even get me started on all the books you've bought and never touched!". Yeah, yeah, I know. All very logical arguments against starting a new series.
So, naturally, I started a new series.
We didn't have the first one at my library, and the next closest library I use didn't own it, either, so I started with "Mucho Mojo". I don't think I missed too much, not reading the first one: Landsdale sort of recapped it, hit the high points. Leonard's uncle Chester passes away, leaving him his house and a bunch of odd things: jars of coupons, a copy of "Dracula", a painting Leonard did as a child. Leonard asks his friend Hap to help him fix up uncle Chester's house, and Hap agrees. While they're working on the flooring, they discover a locked trunk with the skeletal remains of a child in there, along with some disturbing kiddie porn. Leonard knows his uncle wasn't a saint, but he also knows he wasn't a pedophile and killer, so he and Hap start trying to figure out what could have happened. It was really good, I enjoyed it, and it was gritty and dark, which I needed after all the sweet fluff of Joanne Fluke.