Low Town: the Straight Razor Cure
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781444721300 (1444721305)
Publish date: August 18th 2011
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
Series: Low Town (#1)
As I am writing this while slightly loopy on cold meds, please pardon any rambling that might ensue. It doesn't change the fact that Low Town impressed me so very much, that it has firmly settled Daniel Polansky into my favorite authors list. After reading a short story of his, and then devouring a ...
Thank you to the author/publisher for the review copy. Here, the criminal is king. The streets are filled with the screeching of fish hags, the cries of swindled merchants, the inviting murmurs of working girls. Here, people can disappear, and the lacklustre efforts of the guard ensure they are ne...
I seem to be on a non-deliberate kick of junkies who investigate and/or criminal underworlds, this one combines the two. Warden is an ex-soldier, ex-cop and now he's a narcotic dealer who samples some of his wares, regularly. He's dragged into a murder mystery because he's the first on scene at tw...
I seem to be on a non-deliberate kick of junkies who investigate and/or criminal underworlds, this one combines the two.Warden is an ex-soldier, ex-cop and now he's a narcotic dealer who samples some of his wares, regularly. He's dragged into a murder mystery because he's the first on scene at two ...
I really want to give this 3.5 stars. There were a lot of great elements to it, but sometimes the flow/pacing seemed off to me and I just felt that kept it from rating as high as the other books I have given 4 stars too. There was enough good that I rounded up instead of down. I feel the potential f...