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Title: Clichés piled on clichés. An author in search of an editor
Review: This guy never met a metaphor or simile he didn't love to death. Seriously tortured, belabored, ridiculous, overwrought images get in the way of the story. Some truly ludicrous tough-guy patter that is at times simply nonsensical. Perhaps the worst use of a potentially colorful setting. Grew up near Detroit which in the 60s and 70s was truly on life support - a city dying right before ones eyes, but the author simply tags various intersections and adds a few over-the-top descriptions of the snow or rain or wind or whatever. A great mystery writer uses his setting effectively - it becomes a "character" in the book, and Detroit deserves better - esp. since it's the title "character." If I'd paid more than 99 cents, I'd feel cheated. At 99 cents, I just feel like I wasted some time.
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