Title: Dark and Exotic
Product review: When I picked up this book, I wondered if it would turn out to be as dark and exotic as the cover suggested it would be. And it did! I have never been to Manila, but now I feel like I have. You can feel the heat radiating from every page of this intense book, which manages to combine setting, plot, and character into a heady witches' brew. I thought the Sam Haines character was extremely well done - interesting, and just perverse enough to be realistic. I do have to warn any potential reader that this is a tough book, so if you have a weak stomach or like your mysteries very cozy, this isn't going to be the right book for you. But if you like a well plotted story, exceedingly well told, and you can handle a lot of gritty details about cockfighting, the sex trade, and assault weapons - then you won't be able to put it down (just as I couldn't).
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