C.W. Sughrue The Last Good Kiss, Book 1, (Paperback)

from brendaough

I read this book nonstop yesterday and would highly recommend it to fans of the detective genre. Characterization is wonderful and just when you think the story is wrapping itself up, it goes in an...

from markfinl

If Hunter S. Thompson had written a private eye novel, I imagine it would have been like this. C.W. Sughrue is a private eye hired to track down the alcoholic writer Abraham Trahearne, which leads ...

from johnbsheridan

a fair effort but probably not of the calibre I was expecting given the high praise that has been lavished on it. Perhaps not reallly to my taste but I didn't really find the book overly interestin...

from ChrisRiesbeck

An excellent modern hard-boiled novel, but not a breakthrough redefinition of the form, at least for me. The genre pretty much demands first-person narration, but that always raises the issue "How ...

from datrappert

Reading this book is a bit like being dragged through hell. It doesn't start out that way. Crumley's writing is so engaging and his frequent similes so good that the pages roll by smoothly. But the...