Bluebottle
A Lew Griffin Mystery

That's what we're here for, Griffin. To bear witness, to take notice. Ever doubt that, you just look into a child's eyes.When jumping into a book by James Sallis, especially the ones in the Lew Griffin series, I've learned not to expect that he'll be interested in focusing very much on p......more

James Sallis writes mysteries that refuse to be constrained by the genre. He writes what Mystery News has referred to as existential mystery. I’d be hard-pressed to tell you what existential mystery is, except that, in this case, it is Lew Griffin, a black private investigator in pre-Katrina New Orl......more

I believe it is Sallis's appreciation of Derek Raymond's novels that makes him employ the novel-within-a-novel trope in a way that bears more than a little resemblance to the English writer's first novel in the Factory Series, He Died With His Eyes Open.......more

I don't know when it happened, but it's becoming quickly obvious that the Lew Griffin books are all one giant novel. It's not that they do not stand on their own, they do. But together, they create a stunning portrait of a man and his world. As expected, BLUEBOTTLE is beautifully written with insight......more

The book is the fourth one in the Lew Griffin series. This is a fascinating series because it does not follow any specific genre. The stories are well written and will capture your attention. Lew Griffin has many hats. He is an author, "debt" collector, private investigator, and whatever he needs to......more