Blood-Stained Kings [Paperback]

Tim Willocks (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 20, 1998

A scathing story of the . . .

Product Details

• Paperback: 332 pages
• Publisher: Random House (January 20, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0812992415
• ISBN-13: 978-0812992410
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 1 x 9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,450,968 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE MOST UNIQUE AND ORIGINAL CRIME NOVEL IN YEARS, January 5, 2005

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John B. Hubbard Jr. "John Hubbard" (Atlanta, GA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blood-Stained Kings (Paperback)

This is a Tarantino-esqe thrill ride full off awesome, well developed, characters, cool weapons, attack dogs, the mob, revenge, redemption, lost loot, love, sex, violence, crooked lawyers, hitmen, etc. etc.

From Louisiana to the deep south Georgia river country this story NEVER gets boring and NEVER runs out of steam. I totally disagree with the other reviewer who stated that all the characters were devoid of any redeeming qualities. Hell, Jefferson himself is worthy of at least two.

This is the type of book that I would LOVE to see in movie form. Not that it would take the place of the fiction/literature that Willocks has given us but it would just be such a good movie!!
This book makes something like "The Da Vinci Code" look like a 1st graders scribble.

Willocks is an EXCELLENT writer and his creativity and originality are OFF THE CHART.

I think it is even better than Willock's "Green River Rising", and that's saying plenty. There is no better prison story than "Green River Rising". It blows stories like "The Green Mile" and "Shawshank Redemption" out of the water.

Willocks has taken a hiatus, of sorts, from his fiction writing and we are all suffering as a consequence. I speak for all fans of good writing and unending action, when I say "TIM, GIVE US ANOTHER NOVEL ALREADY".

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliantly written, compellingly page-turning stuff!, June 30, 2011

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still searching (MK UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blood-Stained Kings (Paperback)

In keeping with his first outing in Bad City Blues, in which he was forced to go head to head with the juggernaut that was infamous law enforcement officer, Captain Clarence Jefferson, sometime psychiatrist Eugene `Cicero' Grimes is reluctantly compelled to step into the breach once more as he finds himself enmeshed within the web spun by the machiavellian machinations of the giant fat man.

The story is, as might be expected from anyone familiar with Willocks' work, gut wrenching, visceral stuff characterized by the odd philosophical rumination between lulls in the carnage. Perhaps, it's this seemingly odd juxtaposition of musings on the mysteries of existence and the meaning of life and the frenetic action the major players are forced to engage in by the dark, primal forces that drive them that explains the book's attraction. It's brilliantly written, compellingly page-turning stuff!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Raw romp, February 11, 2010

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M. Massey (Sedona, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blood-Stained Kings (Paperback)

He nailed the New Orleans scene with a lot of very graphically violent action. Don't these characters even take time out to rest?