Just finished Tim Willocks's first (and first of him by me),
"Bad City Blues". A bit too violent to be wholly convincing,
I enjoyed the book very much. Driving post-caper book, even
though I didn't find the characters' angst so convincing as
the author would've liked, but nevertheless recommended. Nice
touch: the guys who helped in the caper were named Parker,
Leonard, Mickey and MacDonald. Mickey Spillane seems to be
have made a big impression on Willocks, judging from the
amount of male angst and violence.
SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT! Only for those who have read
the novel and therefore know the answer.
The copy writer said in the back cover that the same
characters appear in Willocks's "Bloodstained Kings".
However, the cop dies in the end and the girl leaves. So, do
she and Cicero Grimes get back together or is it only Grimes
in "Kings"? Or was it a copy writer's error?
Juri
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