A reporter in a small Arizona town finds himself reporting on, and eventually caught up in, the murder of a woman who had only been in town a month. There is no apparent motive, yet the oddities in her killing and those around her begin to become staggering.

I loved the voice of the reporter Robert Spitzer who was the book's protagonist. He's a no nonsense character, yet he is easily identifiable, believable, and relatable to the reader. He also has a moment with the murder victim which had me often wondering if he was being honest with the reader.

The progression through the clues and suspects is believable, though it's only in the end when the killer is revealed that the book slightly stumbled. The identify and reason for the killing is a stretch, yet I was able to roll with it. After the reveal the story also seemed a bit stretched, but, again, it didn't ruin the book for me.

I was unaware of the many other famous books written by this author and will be chasing down other works by him in this genre and others. pulp1 Viktor369

Another one of Brown's novels where the investigator is a newspaperman in a small town. Unfortunately, this is not one of his better efforts. At a 154 pp it reads the spiced-up, sexed-up, expanded novelette -- it's based on his "The Amy Waggoner Murder" -- that it is. Lots of background stories of the towns denizens. Expand, expand, expand!!!

There is some surprisingly frank discussion of drugs. And I'm guessing Brown smoked a joint or two in his life.

It wraps up satisfactorily, but there is a better story awaiting over in the story's "Mextown" side of town.

That being said, I really enjoy reading Brown -- he writes the way I think, so the pages turn quickly -- and I very much enjoyed this one.1 Fred Perry12 1 follower

Not the best Freddie out there, but has his knowledge of newspapers on display. LordTrips19

le sobra una gran cantidad de páginas, pero Brown escribe muy bien, que se leen rápido. 20018 1 follower

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