Justinthunderliger's review
Blackmailer (Hard Case Crime #32) by George Axelrod
Aside from some nifty music coming out of the south and the midwest, and mayhaps some cheesy movies, I'm not sure I would've wanted to live in the 1950s. That annoyance may have been why this book bugged me. Still a good story with requisite twists and turns, but almost too many twists and turns. Someone may have told Axelrod "Whenever you can't get your story across through narration, just have your character explain something." And his characters do-- at great length. Still, it was clever enough and I read the whole thing in about 2 hours. I'll be honest, it did keep me guessing, but not much of a payoff.
