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Apr 15, 2014
LenaRibka
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A nice prequel to the series.
But please read it after the book 2!
I was not sure when it would be best to read it:
after the second or after the third book? The released date irritated me a bit.
Please pick up this shortie after you have been already introduced to Nick Nowak and read at least the first two books.
In the Little Boy Dead we meet Nick at the beginning of his carrier as a private investigator, shortly after he got his detective's license.
As a beginner in this field he took a job with ...more
I enjoyed this crime short, nicely laid out. It reminded of an actual case. One of the things I like about Thornton's writing is that he is truly writing Nick's voice. For example Nick sees an SLR camera on a table, he does not describe it as an SLR, he just says a camera with screw on lenses because that how he knows it. It would have been super easy for Thornton to find out what it was called but he did not, he let Nick be Nick. We do not always know what things are called, so we call them oth ...more
This is a fun read. It's much lighter than what I've read so far in the series. Nick has that dry, witty sense of humor, but is not yet as cynical and bitter as he is in the 1st book. The mystery is as good as always but I think you'll enjoy it much more if you've already read at least the first couple books in the series.
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Great little prequel novella setting up Nick Nowack, private investigator's Boystown Series. Really enjoyed setting of 1980's Chicago.
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May 28, 2014
Irina
marked it as to-read
Jun 03, 2014
Madeline (Maddi)
marked it as to-read
