Red Means Run : A Novel (Paperback)

from amanderson

Highly enjoyable. Nice characterization. Kind of a dry sense of humor throughout. This is what the first Jack Reacher novel by Lee Child should've been. It's about a wrongly accused man trying to clear his name and solve the murder, a la Reacher, but instead of being a laconic ex-military type lo...

from CathyInCanada

Good story-teller and plot, with a lot of showing instead of telling throughout the book.

from CathyInCanada

Good story-teller and plot, with a lot of showing instead of telling throughout the book.

from mountie9

The Good Stuff * Canadian author & not at all depressing (Yes I know I have an ``issue``) * Dialogue is hilarious at times * Lots of plot twists and turns that keep you guessing on whodunit -- I swore it was one person and it ended up being someone else * Interesting secondary characters * Cl...

from alanteder

Brad Smith was a new Canadian author to me. I picked up his book "Red Means Run" based on a blurb which described it as "country-noir." It was a fun read, but more along the lines of a Robert Crais smart-aleck type of mystery instead of the dark-tinged noir genre. I've grown to associate the term...