Genre: Short
Story Collection/Crime Fiction
Description:
“In the world of the Short Grift, the plans are desperate, the
criminals are questionable, and the outcome is usually messy. Simon Maltman
delivers a masterclass in modern noir, blending razor-sharp crime fiction with
a dark, cynical wit that cuts right to the bone.
This collection contains conflicted grifters, serial killer grifters,
zombie grifters, and even Donald Trump.”
If you’re interested you can also find an album of music related to the short story collection here.
Author:
“Simon Maltman is the author of crime fiction novels, novellas and
short stories.
He is also a T.V writer, reviewer, musician and the lead guide for the
crime tour, Belfast Noir.”
Appraisal:
A fast read with eleven short stories that, while all crime fiction,
have a wide variety of takes with the common theme being grifting, sometimes by
zombies which, while as a reader you suspend belief, you realize isn’t true to
Donald Trump making an appearance, where you just assume lots of grifting is
going to happen. It made for a fun read and an enjoyable change of pace from my
typical reading material.
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FYI:
Some adult language. The author is Irish and based in Ireland, so some
of the verbiage and context is going to require some minor reading between the
lines, but it wasn’t too difficult. For example, I had no idea what the
reference to an Ulster Fry was, but Google quickly clued me in that it was a
traditional Irish breakfast that apparently includes baked beans as one of the
items.
Format/Typo
Issues:
Review is based on an ARC (advance reader/reviewer copy) and thus I
can’t gauge the final product.
Rating: ****
Four Stars
Reviewed
by: Bigal
Approximate word count: 20-25,000 words
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