Bless the Thugz and Lil' Chil'rins

Rating:
Summary: Spellbinding--from page to page
Review: Characters and story well developed. So good,so original. Beware!--you wont want to put it down!

Rating:
Summary: Justice for all
Review: Fixer and his lover, Paulo, have a dream to own their own record label. In order to finance their dream, they become bank robbers and con-artists. Always ten steps ahead of the police, a few years into the game, their label is taking off and they have no need to finance it through illegal means. Now they can concentrate on making their dreams reality, or can they?

Over the past year, fifteen young boys have been kidnapped, tortured, mutilated, and murdered. The whole city is in an uproar, and the police have no leads. When Paulo sees someone dump a bag out of a truck into the park then speed off, he goes closer to investigate. The bag contains the remains of a young boy-the sixteenth victim of the Romper Room Ripper.

Paulo and Fixer conduct their own investigation and learn the identity of the serial killer, but don't go to the police. After all, who will the police believe; a pair of gay thugs often in trouble with the law, or a prominent televangelist? Paulo and Fixer know if the murders are to end, they have to call on the help of their boys to dole out a little street justice. Unfortunately for them, the televangelist and his crew don't intend on giving in without a fight.

BLESS THE THUGZ AND THE LIL' CHIL'RINS drew me in on page one and wouldn't release me until I'd finished. I'm not into thugs, but Traynor was able to create believable thugs whom I found myself rooting for. Yeah they'd bang heads, do their drugs and other stereotypical thug activities, but Traynor kept them human and showed gradual growth throughout the novel. I look forward to Mr. Traynor's future work. (RAW Rating: 4.5)

Reviewed by Deatri King-Bey
of The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers