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Summary: Ray Bob's gun and Eddie's soul
Review: What we got here are a couple of Texas lowlifes--Ray Bob and Eddie--only one of them is lower than the other, and the lower one, Ray Bob, is one mean SOB. Ray Bob would as soon shoot you as look at you, you don't say the right thing. Eddie is a more forgiving kinda guy.But as runnin' buddies they're together and so Eddie gets caught up in Ray Bob's karma. Not good. Meanwhile we got Della Street who's on the lam for defending herself against a scumbag, and the law, in the form of Rule Hooks, who's out to nab whoever killed his friend, another lawman. This Cook guy is one helluva writer. I was you, I'd pick this up and read it. You'll have a great time; these are characters who talk to you same time they're talking to each other, you catch my drift. This has heart, soul, and some nasty stuff in it which being a crime novel's bound to happen. I loved this. Think you will too.
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Summary: It's not James Lee Burke
Review: When the publisher compared Cook's writing favorably to James Le Burke, I was hooked. And I stayed hooked through part of the book, but then I thought the story came a part. Too many first time novelists try to "out kill" established writers, I suppose, because they think "more gore" sells. I'm not at all opposed to a high kill ratio, but I thought Cook made a real mess of the ending. If Cook is James Lee Burke, then I'm Stephen King.
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