August Snow

This is a well-written tour of Detroit dressed up as a murder mystery. The murder mystery was not my favorite part of the book, ending up being a pretty standard plot with an unrealistic amount of carnage for the main character and his friends to survive. But the author is obviously familiar with th......more

What really makes Soho's crime novels stand out is their settings. You truly feel transported, whether the book is set in Bath, England, Paris, France, or, as in this book, Detroit, Michigan. Now, you might not think you want to spend time in Detroit, but I've been there a couple of times in the las......more

I’ve been doing some research trying to finish writing my first novel. As an aspiring noir author, I come across a ton of noir fiction that is set in NY and Los Angeles. It’s refreshing to see authors popping up writing noir fiction from cities that aren’t along the coasts. While reading August Snow......more

I was feeling at home with this novel because it resembled Sara Paretsky's V.I. series in that our protagonist is steeped in the political, cultural, and historical context of Detroit and the intersections of those forces. While I applaud the attempt to be more than just another action oriented myst......more

The idea of a cop in Detroit dealing with the corruption there is good, but this veers off into a bizarre international financial conspiracy thriller and the characters are all a bit two-dimensional. It seemed like maybe it was trying for comedy, but if so that didn't work.......more