Genre:
Crime Fiction/Noir/Short Story Collection
Description:
“From
a bank robbery gone horribly wrong to a shipwrecked man with a
serious anger problem to a lonely teenage Peeping Tom, Ryan Sayles's
second collection of stories steam rolls along. Need a transvestite
beating up her drug dealer? Got it. What about a guy trying to stuff
a dead hooker into his trunk? Got it also. Need a Richard Dean
Buckner story? Got two of 'em. Come on in and join the mayhem.”
Author:
Ryan
Sayles is the author of several books including the Richard Dean
Buckner hard-boiled detective series.
For
more, visit Mr. Sayles website.
Appraisal:
A
solid collection of short stories with one common theme. They're
dark. Not just outside on a cloudy night dark. More stuck at the
bottom of a long mine shaft dark. But there is also a touch of humor
buried in many of the stories for a bit of comic relief, whether the
absurdity of trying to fit a dead hooker in a too-small car trunk or
at the end of the final story when hard-boiled detective Richard Dean
Buckner gets a little too touchy-feely for such a tough guy.
FYI:
All of
these stories are hard-boiled and dark. Not for the squeamish. (If
you're easily offended by strong language, you shouldn't even have to
ask. It wouldn't be a book for you.)
Format/Typo
Issues:
No
significant issues.
Rating:
**** Four Stars
Reviewed
by: BigAl
Approximate word count:
35-40,000 words
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