Former reporter Merrick McKnight is back at the annual “
Actually, his focus is on two women though that isn’t clear at the beginning. One is a stripper that he has fallen in love with despite the knowledge that only losers delude themselves into thinking a stripper loves them. The other woman, first glimpsed on the cover of the Thunder Beach Program guide, is a daughter he has lost touch with for years.
An unemployed newspaper reporter, Merrick is disintegrating and while he searches for a way to hold it together, he searches for his daughter and a way to get back into her life. From the beginning, she makes it pretty clear she doesn’t want him back in her life or his help.
This is a gritty crime novel recently released by Tyrus books and a good one that roars on all cylinders from the very first page. Michael’s desperations, which come in several forms, are acutely realistic as are all characters in this fast paced crime novel. It doesn’t take long at all to see the world through his eyes and feel his various pains and guilt. The electric atmospheric charged environment of the beach and its inhabitants during the rally also brings the book further alive for readers.
This isn’t one of those books that hold readers back at a distance and dispassionately tells the tale. Much like “The Deputy” by Victor Gischler also recently released from Tyrus Books, this is an in your face novel that doesn’t play games or shirk from the story it tells. Graphic at times, this very good novel goes fast with plenty of twists and turns until it all too soon crashes to a jarring stop.
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Michael Lister
Tyrus Books
May 2010
ISBN# 978-1935562054 (Hardback)
# 978-1935562047 (Paperback)
240 Pages
$24.95 (Hardback)
$14.95 (Paperback)
ARC provided directly by the publisher in exchange for my objective review.
Kevin R. Tipple © 2010
2 comments:
I'm late to read the last entry on your blog so I'd like to comment on this one how sorry I am that you are going through so many things right now. I'm sure yuo are miserable being stuck in your apartment. Hopefully things will turn around for you soon.
Thoughts and prayers are with you.
Caryn in St.Louis
Thank you, Caryn. Feel free to comment on anything you read here anytime. Don't worry about being "late."
Kevin
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