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eleellis's review
2.0
In looking around for some older, hard boiled crime fiction, I came across this book by Gil Brewer.
It is a short novel about two brothers that are investigators in a private detective agency. One brother is setting up a scam, while the other brother is portrayed as the better of the two brothers.
The book is so-so, the story, okay. My main criticism of novels like this is that for the story and novel to work, the lead protagonist, if one of questionable character, has to be likable, or either so nasty the story is compelling with his/her depravity.
This does not happen, or for me, it didn't seem that way.
Hopefully, other works by Brewer are better.
It is a short novel about two brothers that are investigators in a private detective agency. One brother is setting up a scam, while the other brother is portrayed as the better of the two brothers.
The book is so-so, the story, okay. My main criticism of novels like this is that for the story and novel to work, the lead protagonist, if one of questionable character, has to be likable, or either so nasty the story is compelling with his/her depravity.
This does not happen, or for me, it didn't seem that way.
Hopefully, other works by Brewer are better.
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