'Because Lydia didn't have arms or legs, she shelled out three thousand bucks to a washed up middleweight named Cap to give her ex-husband the beating of his life.' But the beating turns to murder, and the murder into lust and desperation between Lydia and an underworld clean-up man. Meanwhile, overgrown frat boy car thieves take up cop killing as a side hobby. When these paths cross, a horror show of violence unfolds as they all slide into a hell of their own design, surrounded by the neon and noise of the casino strip on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Violent, vivid, life at hyper-speed. This debut novel from the editor of Plots with Guns is a noir nightmare that asks how much is too much in a relationship, and what is the cost of leaving? Ken Bruen calls it 'the darkest song I've ever read'.
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Movie!,
By Charlie Stella (Fords, New Joisey) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Pyschosomatic (Paperback)
This one screams MOVIE! Preferably by David Lynch. I read this baby cover to cover; there was no putting it down. James Ellroy brutality, Elmore Leonard dialogue, Victor Gischler humor ... that's a trifecta with an undeniable payoff. Anthony Neil Smith stomps onto the scene in this volcano of a debut. You'll have to trust me, I'm no misogynist and this one turned me on from the get-go ... pure dynamite. Not only was she and the plot believable (you just have to know people other than those living in fairytales), this baby lent a new lilt to what I sometimes think about late at night. One of my "best of" reads for the year.
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This is one of those great little crime/pulp books that mix a lot of absurdity and humor with blasts of extreme violence and very disturbing events. The characters are perfectly executed (in a couple cases quite literally) and that makes the reading all the more fun. The final act stretched things just a liiiittle too far for me, but that didn't take away from what was a fast and enjoyable read. Fans of Tarantino and Coen Brothers films will dig this; cozy readers beware!
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Dark and warped,
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This is a must-read for fans of dark crime novels. Alternately funny, creepy, twisted, and very dark, with a character-driven story that positively sucks you in.
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