John Turner, ex-con-turned-cop, returns in James Sallis' latest character-driven mystery. A friend of Turner's has been accused of murder and he's determined to discover the truth. Not a lot happens in this book, which is more novella than novel, but Sallis writes some of the most beautiful prose in the genre.
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David J. Montgomery is the thriller/mystery critic for The Daily Beast and the Chicago Sun-Times. He has written about authors and books for several of the country's largest newspapers, including the Washington Post, USA Today and Boston Globe.
He lives in the Washington, D.C. suburbs with his wife and daughters.
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Thanks for the heads up. I'm a big fan of Sallis' Turner books, so it's nice to see another on the way. Cripple Creek and Cypress Grove are both great reads.
Posted by: John | December 26, 2007 at 02:09 PM