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Reads like he was wishing he wrote a movie script, not a book. Blah. I am wishing he wrote nothing at all.
It's a trip to read terse, gritty old-school detective fiction prose in a story set in current-day Chicago. In between lines such as, "He sat down as if he belonged there and always had," and "She was half hidden in an alley, nothing but the glow of a cigarette marking her presence," private detective Michael Kelly takes us to Mr. Beef, Ukrainian Village, Intelligentsia Coffee, the Drake Hotel, and even the dog park Wiggley Field. The mystery had me invested, but ended kind of weakly, and some o
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Not as good as I expected based on the reviews I read - a bit weak in plotting and characters, but the toughest part for me was how flat and lifeless Chicago seemed on the page.
Well-told page turner, with a side of well written Chicago to boot.
3.5 stars.
Jan 20, 2011
Laura
marked it as to-read
Apr 20, 2019
Tammy AZ
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Feb 01, 2023
Keeley
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