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Review title: Truth in Fiction
Product review: "Hot Springs" is loosely based on a real series of events and the novel is populated with a mix of real, real-but-disguised, and fictional people. The crackdown on gambling and other crimes in Hot Springs the late 40's really did happen and has left echoes that resonate to this day. While the violence in the book goes beyond what really happened the "sense of place" and point-in-time is well executed. For a person born in Hot Springs like myself it all felt eerily real. But I also would give it a broad recommendation to all readers attracted to the "semi-true crime" genre.
