Thanks, Dave -- I'm glad you liked it. I was blown away by
Russell Hill's prose; I've described ROBBIE'S WIFE as a James
M. Cain novel written by D.H. Lawrence. It's a bit unusual
for a crime novel to be more than half finished before the
first crime occurs, but the payoff here is so satisfying that
in the end I decided to take a chance on readers'
patience...
--Charles
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Zeltserman"
<dz@...> wrote:
>
> I just finished an ARC for an upcoming Hardcase Case
original,
Robbie's
> Wife by Russell Hill and this is really quite a
remarkable
achievement.
> It's a bit like Body Heat except set in the English
countryside
with a
> slower, more languid tone, plus with the husband and
protagonist
> flipped around (husband is young, attractive, virile
while the guy
who
> gets seduced is well past middle-aged). The first
150 pages the
pacing
> is on the slow side and it's mostly the exceptional
quality of the
> writing that keeps the reader going, but then the
book picks up
speed
> and the protagonist ends up sinking to levels of
noir hell that few
> have ever reached. This one is well worth reading,
and with the
> recently released The Peddler by Richard Prather,
Hardcase has
given us
> two very distinct and rewarding visions of noir.
Well done, Charles-
-
> and please pass onto Russell what a remarkable book
this is!
>
> --Dave Z.
>
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