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Adam  McPhee
Jan 20, 2016 rated it liked it
Shelves: thriller, first-reads
Feels like the start of a second wave of Iraq war literature. All the tropes are firmly in place and now the author is trying to do something with them. Especially towards the end of the novel, it started to feel like Generation Kill meets Raymond Chandler, ie there's a whole lot of violence and a detective who means well but isn't always up to the task at hand.

I was quite leery going into this novel–it's an understatement to say that what's essentially a thriller set in an ongoing war risks bei
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Adam
Oct 12, 2020 marked it as to-read
Shelves: mystery
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May 08, 2025 marked it as to-read
edie catalina
Sep 04, 2025 marked it as to-read