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Today’s team review is from Terry, she blogs at http://terrytylerbookreviews.blogspot.co.uk/

Terry has been reading Down Solo by Earl Javorsky

DOWN SOLO by Earl Javorsky

4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed by me as a member of Rosie Amber’s Review Team

Another gritty, unusual and often darkly amusing thriller from Earl Javorsky, this time with a clever hint of the supernatural. Charlie Miner is a fast talking, various substance snorting PI involved with many shady characters; the fact that he’s actually dead adds another dimension to his dealings.

He has a drink-crazed ex-wife and a daughter, Mindy, who he loves dearly and who has to deal with the scattered lives of her parents. Among the cast are drug dealers, gang members, a priest, shady investment entrepreneurs, and a particularly perceptive taxi driver, Daniel.

The dialogue in this book is excellent, sharp and realistic, and zips along, with prison visits, road trips, kidnappings, arson, gunfights, from Santa Monica to Mexico. It’s not predictable at all, which I loved, and there’s never a dull moment; aside from this, Earl Javorsky is just a very stylish writer, and Charlie is a great narrator.

I didn’t like it quite as much as his other book, Trust Me, because I would have preferred it if it was just a straight thriller without the supernatural element, and I felt it could do with a little tidying up in places, but the first reason is only personal taste, and I’d certainly say, yes, read this. It’s good!

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