Exceptional crime fiction. Great characterization in protagonist Maureen, a late-twentysomething, smart community college dropout working exhausting waitressing shifts at a bar, who walks in one night on a local frontrunner for state senate being blown by the bartender, Dennis. Dennis is dead the next day, a

posted Aug 8, 2011 at 7:16PM

Excellent writing and great characterization, but I didn’t like it. It’s a dark, humorless story with a lot of sex and violence: a down-and-out bar waitress gets involved in the coverup of a vicious sexual predator running for political office. She reluctantly accepts the help of a tired, discouraged police officer, but has very little trust and keeps making poor decisions as she watches the murders pile up. Good writing; not for me.

posted Nov 25, 2011 at 9:53AM

Exciting book. 7 of 10 for me.

posted Feb 17, 2012 at 2:03PM

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