

I'm hooked on this train wreck of a protagonist and somewhat worried about how much I identify with the romantic plot.
I'm hooked on this train wreck of a protagonist and somewhat worried about how much I identify with the romantic plot.
Finished this book on the train on Wednesday. A former cop, now PI with a drug addiction, tries to find a missing girl. So, I had a love-hate relationship with the main character, but he also has a love-hate relationship with himself. I think a lot could have been done for his redemption and hope for more of that in the sequel. I kept wanting to like him but then he would do something terrible lol. But the story is very action-packed and intense!
I have this theory that the number of blurbs (and words in said blurbs) on the back of a book is inversely proportional to how good the book ends up being. If a book is good, let it tell you itself. The Second Girl did nothing to contradict that theory. Hated it.
Swinson takes what could be a predictable set up, and makes it feel fresh. He never lets up, pushing the reader deeper in the crime ridden back alleys of the metropolitan DC area. It‘s a top notch crime tale, with a unique but disturbing main character, that comes together well. Narrator Christopher Ryan Grant captures the feel of the novel perfectly.
Been in a decent sci-fi groove lately but was looking for a good change of pace thriller and George Pelecanos said good things about it so why not?
Been in a bit of a reading slump the last couple weeks and then I stumble across this book at my local library. You've got a drug-addicted former cop trying to make ends meet as a PI who, while robbing a drug house to resupply his own stash, stumbles upon a kidnapped teenage girl.
This story didn't take its foot off the gas for a second and it was a wild, enjoyable ride. Highly recommended.
Almost finished with this one. This has to be one of the most unlikable characters I've read in a while. The story is quite good though. #septphotochallenge #somethingforsept
Top-notch crime fiction. Set in DC with a fascinating narrator and blurbed by Tana French -- I loved it.