The action starts in the outlaw world of freelance couriers.
Allie is
given a straight forward `drop', the "easy money" of the
title. Of
course the drop goes wrong and people get killed. Allie is
pitched
into a nightmare where one false move is fatal. Siler refuses
to take
any easy options in her writing and in so doing breaths new
life into
a familiar plot. With the recent vogue for the word `noir'
and along
with Joe Quirk's "Rush" perhaps I can be so bold as to
suggest we have
a sub-genre here, namely "courier noir".
Siler's own life and the many jobs she's had, according to
the cover
biography, have defined her and her writing. On the evidence
of this
Siler must have one hell of a CV. There is room for
improvement in
Siler's writing which is a good thing because I can only
imagine we'll
be hearing more from her. I don't think the publishers are
going to
get many people taking them up on their offer: "As good as
Deja Dead
or your money back". And I didn't mention the word
"feisty"
once....on, shit.
Recommended.
"Easy Money" Jenny Siler
Proof Pkb. Pub Orion 9.99
ISDN 0752821369.
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