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A review by mikedeab63
A Small Town: A Novel of Crime by Thomas Perry
2.0
I like a lot of Perry's past work so I'm trying to figure out why this one didn't work for me. He sets a gruesome but compelling hook with the opening prison break sequence and the female lead is interesting enough but yet...I wish there had been someone else with her on her vigilante missions to draw out the characterization more.
There is a lot of description and 'telling' in this book as Leah goes about her solo missions of revenge. Perry comes up with a few unique twists so it's not all one note but it still starts to get stale. There aren't enough complications for Leah (the book briefly does come alive when the cons go on the offensive mid-book) and why such a rational and decent seeming person like Leah would go all out for revenge starts to weaken over the course of the narrative.
There is a lot of description and 'telling' in this book as Leah goes about her solo missions of revenge. Perry comes up with a few unique twists so it's not all one note but it still starts to get stale. There aren't enough complications for Leah (the book briefly does come alive when the cons go on the offensive mid-book) and why such a rational and decent seeming person like Leah would go all out for revenge starts to weaken over the course of the narrative.