Criminal Paradise

This mystery is about a crook, Robert Rivers, and his partner, Switch, who have made a living stealing. The make no excuses or apologies, they are what they are. The are in the process of holding up a restaurant, Cow Town, after they close for the evening. Everything goes well, except Rob finds a na......more

A stick up man that's a bit too conscientious, an author whose writing is slightly florid and overly concerned with Orange County geography, an ending that doesn't quite qualify as deus ex machina (YMMV). I got this book to satisfy a sudden thirst for crime novels, but it's far from hard boiled. Cri......more

RICK “SHAQ” GOLDSTEIN SAYS: “A BEAUTIFUL FINE-TUNED ENGINE, THROWN OFF BY ONE LOUD “PING”!” ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is author Steven Thomas’s first novel, and I would place his writing style somewhere between Charlie Huston and Lawrence Block’s......more

Enjoyed the book nice plot interesting but not engrossing. Might want to read another just to see if he writes the same way.......more

I was blown away by this book. Exciting, entertaining and beautifully written, it is one of the best crime fiction books I have ever read -- and I’ve read a lot of them. It is hard to believe that it is Steven M. Thomas’s first book. The action starts when Robert “Rob” Rivers and his partner Switch......more