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posies23's review against another edition
5.0
This is a book that is not for the squeamish. It's a contemporary noir story set in Miami involving sex, murder, and lots of kink.
bookguyinva2022's review against another edition
It's a DNF for me, and I had high hopes from the reviews and comments.
jakewritesbooks's review against another edition
4.0
Again, don’t buy into narratives that the female-driven noir thriller is somehow a recent novelty. It’s not a comeback. Vicki Hendricks carries on a proud tradition with this James-Cain-by-90s-Miami sizzler. Kept me hooked til the very end and hit all the right noir notes.
bofrazer's review against another edition
4.0
Wow. Hard boiled noir. A wild ride. I’m definitely going to read more by this writer.
eleellis's review against another edition
4.0
Well, the first suggestion to readers of Miami Purity is if graphic sex depictions - and a lot of them - offend you or are not your cup of tea, then this novel is not for you. But if you like rip-roaring, pedal-to-the-metal noir of an adult nature (and when I suggest "adult nature" I do not the type found in Triple X porn or over-the-top unnecessary graphic violence, but instead mature themes for adults handled in an adult way), then this novel is for you.
Sherri Parlay is a semi-retired, head-turning stripper that goes after what she wants like a heat-seeking missile with no apologies while using all of her ravenous skills. Her motto could be Melanie Griffith's from the movie Working Girl - how she has a mind for business and a body for sin.
Sherri meets the mother/son owners of a dry cleaning business and develops an uncontrollable desire for the son while at first not realizing just how close the pair are and how the mother is more than pathological in her death grip on her son.
Murder and mayhem in the finest noir fashion then occur, with an expected ending most expect from noir with the only questions being who will make it out in the end and how much carnage will litter the road to getting there.
Now, while this is a pulp-fiction-hard core noir tale, the writing is very well done and enjoyable for noir fans and highly recommended to those that enjoy down and dirty writing when it comes to their crime fiction. Also, while there are plenty of gratuitous sexual depictions, the depictions are genuine to the characters of the novel and especially to Sherri Parlay.
Those that enjoy this type of fiction are also encouraged to read the crime fiction of Christa Faust as well.
Sherri Parlay is a semi-retired, head-turning stripper that goes after what she wants like a heat-seeking missile with no apologies while using all of her ravenous skills. Her motto could be Melanie Griffith's from the movie Working Girl - how she has a mind for business and a body for sin.
Sherri meets the mother/son owners of a dry cleaning business and develops an uncontrollable desire for the son while at first not realizing just how close the pair are and how the mother is more than pathological in her death grip on her son.
Murder and mayhem in the finest noir fashion then occur, with an expected ending most expect from noir with the only questions being who will make it out in the end and how much carnage will litter the road to getting there.
Now, while this is a pulp-fiction-hard core noir tale, the writing is very well done and enjoyable for noir fans and highly recommended to those that enjoy down and dirty writing when it comes to their crime fiction. Also, while there are plenty of gratuitous sexual depictions, the depictions are genuine to the characters of the novel and especially to Sherri Parlay.
Those that enjoy this type of fiction are also encouraged to read the crime fiction of Christa Faust as well.
jakewritesbooks's review against another edition
4.0
Again, don’t buy into narratives that the female-driven noir thriller is somehow a recent novelty. It’s not a comeback. Vicki Hendricks carries on a proud tradition with this James-Cain-by-90s-Miami sizzler. Kept me hooked til the very end and hit all the right noir notes.
rynb's review against another edition
1.0
Supposedly it picks up in later chapters but it didn't grab my attention enough to keep reading.
guiltyfeat's review
4.0
Dark-hearted, female-driven noir. That's probably what I Googled before the interwebs spat this back out at me. Miami Purity is sexy and nasty and even if it goes a bit too bonkers by the end, it's not as if it wasn't already pretty bonkers right from the get go. I believe it was Chekhov who suggested that if a gun appears in one act then it has to go off in the next. Turns out that when it gets hot and sweaty in Miami, there ARE things you can do with a gun that the Russian never dreamed of.
sara90ec6's review
4.0
This was fucked up, but I was really invested. I've never really read noir before, so the afterword was really helpful in understanding the book better.
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