Alex's review of The Blade Itself
The Blade Itself by Marcus Sakey
This is a great example of mediocre crime fiction. The happy “Hollywood” ending is sooo predictable. There are no surprises here, and nothing is done well enough to make you sit up and take notice. The good Chicago contractor leaving his checkered past behind has a problem: the psycho ex-partner who went down for the last job they pulled – blames our protagonist. When our man can’t be lured back into a partnership in crime, the psycho takes all the appropriate measures: namely threatening his new life – attacking the man’s boss and new wife. Wow. Where was the original idea in this one? Oh, that’s right. The title. The title itself is the best thing going here.
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