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Title: Just a dull crime novel...
Review: I know Ketchum has a strong fan following... and a reputation for reaching certain extremes that a lot of mainstream writers shy away from... but really, there wasn't anything 'extreme' about this book. It's not that the writing was bad... just that the story wasn't very interesting. The characters weren't anything you wouldn't see on the average TV cop show. No surprises... no shocks... no one I really cared about.Ray Pye is just a garden variety sociopath... you wait the whole book for him to explode, and when he does, it's just kind of 'meh'.My understanding is that the book is based on some actual events... but it's missing that quirkiness that true-crime stories usually have, the 'truth is stranger than fiction' element that usually makes the story worth telling.I'll happily read something else by Ketchum, but I wouldn't recommend this one unless you're bored and there's nothing much else to read.
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