Maxim Jakubowski November 2016 Highly Recommended.
Leading US mystery writer Block wrote this as his first crime novel in the 1960s and although the book had sold had assumed it was never published as publishing houses changed hands and faded away, until someone located it recently under another title and pseudonym. Reading this tale of Americana noir, you would never believe it was penned almost half a century ago, as it proves modern and almost contemporary. A classic tale of a man who has accidentally killed his wife and gone on the run, and then reinvented himself in another city as a gun for hire but cannot shake off his guilt and the stain of evil that follows him, this is gripping, impeccable hardboiled prose with sharp as a razor dialogue, femmes fatales in perfect deshabille, villains galore, gang wars and a chilling lesson in how to disappear and evade justice. That is, until fate, coincidence and the foibles of human nature inevitable catch up with you. First rate. ~ Maxim Jakubowski
| Primary Genre | Crime and Mystery |
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