Book of the Week: Christa Faust's "Money Shot"

Hard Case Crime has published their first book by a female author -- How tired must Christa Faust be of hearing that? -- and it's a dark, violent, action-packed ride. Angel Dare, a former porn star-turned-businesswoman, wakes up in the truck of a car, having been beaten up and shot -- and things just get worse from there. The plot of Money Shot -- an innocent person on-the-run revenge fantasy -- isn't anything we haven't seen before, but the pacing is swift and the prose is crisp. The content is dark, so this book won't be for everyone. But for those who enjoy their noir on the noir-side, Money Shot is one of the best of Hard Case Crime's originals.