from Mari Hall found.dead.in.texas@airmail.net
Peter Walker wrote:
>
> Every now and them a book drops into my lap which
just blows me
> away --- all the more so because its so unexpected. I
don't go a
> bundle on the "tough woman" book but this, for a
debut novel,is a
> cracker. So I feel compelled to share it with
you.
> Written with a narrative and descriptive drive which
makes it
> almost literally a book I couldn't put down (and I
don't say that too
> often) this has an authority that makes an immediate
impact from the
> opening pages. With a hard edge, convincing
characters
> and a good use of locations it is almost breathless
in its execution.
> The action set pieces, for example, are beautifully
handled and very
> exciting. For these reasons it almost reads like a
kind of one woman
> `Thelma and Louise' road movie. Despite the odd
stylistic slip here
> and there, it is an utterly compelling
read.
>
> 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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