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Killer Solo

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Hiltbrand reinvigorates the rock-novel genre with insider industry details, a headlong narrative pace, and a detective-hero, Jim McNamara, who's half Ross Macdonald's Lew Archer, half James Garner's Jim Rockford. McNamara, wiseguy, wise man, in-recovery wounded knight, deals with the current rock & roll world with a wryness and lack of condescension that gives the novel energy and suspense. You have to go back to Lisa Robinson's "Walk On Glass" (1982) or Elaine Jesmer's "Number One with a Bullet" (1974) for a comparable rock & roll thriller.

Move over Agatha Christie, David Hiltbrand is in town. Where Agatha wrote of wood-paneled trains and men in tweed suits sipping tea, Hiltbrand writes of hotel rooms and stoners with tattoos getting high. The effect is the same - a murder mystery in a setting (rock and roll concert tour) that the average reader won't see. The book is fun and a quick read. I recommend it.

Hiltbrand is a quality writer with a smooth articulate flow.
He is curious about the human condition. He mixes philosophy with page turning action. He is funny, I laughed out loud several times. He welcomes you into his lifestyle. Peaceful stretches are punctuated with jerks and turns.

All readers will enjoy Killer Solo. You don't need to be a rock enthusiast to appreciate the kinds of characters who populate this book.

Killer Solo has depth, and it entertains. I highly recommend it.
I hope to see new books from Hiltbrand in the future!