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Lädt ... Lily White Rose Redvon Catt Ford
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Grey Randall: Private Dick Casefile #1 Meet Grey Randall, a hard-boiled detective whose sense of humor makes it hard for him to stay strictly noir. It's 1948 in Las Vegasâthe newborn Sin Cityâand he's just landed his first murder case. He's more at ease among the lowlifes, but his new client, a beautiful, wealthy woman, a real femme fatale, moves in the upper crust of society. Grey's hot on the trail of a killer, despite obstructive cops who don't want a private dick sniffing around and digging up secrets. And he starts getting close to the truth, but one of his suspects, Phillip Martin, AKA Mr. BigâAKA Mr. Beautifulâproves to be a man who could force Grey to reveal a dark secret of his own. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Meet Grey Randall, a hard-boiled detective whose sense of humor makes it hard for him to stay strictly noir. It's 1948 in Las Vegas ~ the newborn Sin City ~ and he's just landed his first murder case. He's more at ease among the lowlifes, but his new client, a beautiful, wealthy woman, a real femme fatale, moves in the upper crust of society.
Grey's hot on the trail of a killer, despite obstructive cops who don't want a private dick sniffing around and digging up secrets. And he starts getting close to the truth, but one of his suspects, Phillip Martin, AKA Mr. Big ~ AKA Mr. Beautiful ~ proves to be a man who could force Grey to reveal a dark secret of his own.
BOOK REVIEW:
Combine the sharp edged, hard nosed, wise cracking of the classic private eyes, the elegance of noir film, and the perspective of a gay protagonist ~ sound good? Then grab this book, and enjoy the ride, because Ford brings all these threads together into a great story ~ the first in a series I'm heartily looking forward to.
Grey makes for an excellent narrator and main character, not just the archetypal good man doing a dirty job, but also a well rounded character, with a past, friends, and an inconvenient crush that he's hoping might turn into something more. This is primarily a detective story, more than a romance, but as with so many of my favourite crime books, the detective's personal life is integral to how they go about solving the case.
Grey's personal life extends well beyond his client and his suspects, as well ~ his friends, contacts and police station enemies form a well-drawn cast that helps the Vegas of the 1940's come to life. The use of period language isn't always perfectly seamless, but I appreciated the author's choice to use it, and thus confront, some of the less pleasant social realities of the period ~ attitudes about race and gender and sexuality that are integral to both plot and character.
"Lily White Rose Red" is both a real page-turner, and a stylish piece of story telling ~ a real pleasure to read.
(Originally reviewed for Rainbow Reviews - http://www.rainbow-reviews.com/?p=6625) (