Here's a tip from your friendly noir librarian:
I just read an advance copy of the US debut of David
Lawrence's 'The Dead Sit Round in a Ring,' and it is one of
the best series debuts I have ever read. To quote my own
forthcoming review:
"Lawrence's spare, keen-edged prose ploughs with irresistable
force through this grim Hellscape, churning up shards of dark
poetry in its wake.
>From the spontaneous dialogue to the
clear,
convincing procedure and the menacing atmosphere, there isn't
a single false note in this striking debut, which should go
right to the top shelf, down past Ian Rankin and John Harvey
to the shadows where lurk Ken Bruen and Derek Raymond.
Strongly recommended."
===== David Wright - Seattle Public Library Fiction
Dept.
"Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity."
-G.K.
Chesterton
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