Bait

I started this book after reading an excerpt in Boston Noir 2 and grabbed it from our local library. I enjoyed the story, the characters were well-ish drawn in a familiar hard-boiled kind of style so that you felt you knew these characters from a Donald Westlake, an Elmore Leonard, an Adrian McKinty......more

Maybe the best thriller I have ever read, and I've read a lot. Authentic and taut; great dialog, believable characters, good setting. I like a story with a lot of forward motion, and reading this was like waterskiing.......more

I ripped through this novel in less than 24 hours. It feels prescient and modern though written in 1994, and it predates The Departed and other stories of its ilk by over a decade. I think the heart of the appeal is the crisp writing, the crackling dialogue, and the richness of the scenes. Smart, we......more

I found it a bit of a muddle but did finish it as I enjoyed parts of it.......more