>From what you say this book seems to have nothing to
do with the excellent
film called True Confessions from Ulu Grosbar which they play
on TV once in a while...???
On 10/17/04 10:58, "Bludis Jack" <
buildsnburns@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Last night, I finised reading *True
Confessions*
> by Domenic Stansberry. It's one of the
November
> releases from Hardcase Crime. (Only 6.99
in
> paperback.)
>
> This is my forth Dominic Salisberry I have
read,
> and it won't be my last.
>
> I think Stansberry has created his own
sub-genre
> with this "middle class noir" novel about
a
> forensic psychologist who is accused of
murder.
> Calling it noir belies my own definition to
a
> point, but ultimately, I think, the main
> character is screwed. The book is also dark
and
> sinister, so hats off to Jim Doherty's
> definiation as well.
>
> The first half of the book reads like a
> mainstream novel with references to the
various
> criminal cases that Jake Danser has studied
and
> on which he has testified.
>
> So as not to give too much of the story away,
I
> will just say that Danser and his wife are
having
> marital problems and they separate. Danser
is
> accused of murder and hires a smart
criminal
> attorney to defend him.
>
> Told in the abstract, that does not sound
like
> much, but Stansberry gives layers of meaning
and
> almost subliminal information and questions
that
> complicate the situation for Danser and
the
> reader.
>
> This is a damn good book told in the first
person
> in a style that is totally individual. It is
some
> of the best writing I have seen in recent
years,
> and I can think of no current author who
writes
> better than Stansberry.
>
> Stansberry has been twice nominated for an
Edgar,
> snf I have a sense that hr is an author
whose
> time has come. My compliments to Charles
Ardai
> for making this book and other hardboiled
an
> noril novels available in a low-cost
format.
>
> The book comes with a cover painting in the
style
> of the old Gold Medal Books and a cover
quote
> which asks the important question of the
novel:
> "Was he an innocent man . . . or a
depraved
> killer."
>
> It's a question no reader will fail to ask
after
> the murder.
> Jack Bludis
>
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