Wiley's Lament: A Novel

Rating:
Summary: Wow, this book is great!
Review: From the first page to the last, I couldn't rip my eyes from the book. As I read the story of Wiley I could vividly imagine anyone in that position. Such an imagination from one person, I am awed. I hope Waiwaiole doesn't wait long to publish his next book. I give this book 5 stars.

Rating:
Summary: Character rich but lacking a compelling plot
Review: Wiley is a criminal and wanderer living life on the edge. For example, he robs drug dealers to get money on which to survive. His daughter, who he has not seen for quite some time, is found dead in an airport motel. Ironically, this murder gives his life some meaning in that he is committed to find the individual who murdered his daughter and make him pay. Fernando, the killer, is trying to cover all the tracks of his crime by killing those who have knowledge to link him to the murder. A cat and mouse game then is played out among a group of extremely unscrupulous and unpleasant characters.
Mr. Waiwaiole has created a character rich work with some of the most unlikeable and least sympathetic characters a reader is likely to come across. The characters are so well developed and carefully created the author has completely neglected the plot of the story which is extremely slow and lacks any kind of pacing. Characters alone do not create a compelling story. The book borders on unreadable. However, the characters do rescue it from being a complete waste.

Rating:
Summary: wild investigative crime thriller
Review: Working with the FBI, Fernando guts a hooker in the Evergreen Motel, a cheap joint near the Portland, Oregon Airport. To clean up his trail, Fernando kills a few other people who can associate him with the victim.

Her father Wiley, who even before his daughter's murder, did not care whether he lived or died (all one has to do is ask the drug dealers he mugs in Seattle for a living) identifies the victim as Lizzie. He knows the overworked police will try to solve the homicide, but that is not good enough for him. Though he has not talked with his estranged daughter in over a year, Wiley sees vengeance as a chance to somewhat atone for being a lousy dad. The underground sex industry quickly knows to beware because Wiley will stomp on anyone who fails to point him towards the killer of his child.

The attitudes of the antihero Wiley, the killer Fernando, the FBI agent Avina, and the other agents make this investigative crime thriller into a winner. The story line is exciting from the moment Wiley places a gun in the ear of a drug dealer until the climax when High Noon occurs between the two lead characters. Those readers who relish an offbeat electrifyingly wild ride filled with testosterone (even from the female Avina) will want to obtain WILEY'S LAMENT.

Harriet Klausner

Rating:
Summary: wild investigative crime thriller
Review: Working with the FBI, Fernando guts a hooker in the Evergreen Motel, a cheap joint near the Portland, Oregon Airport. To clean up his trail, Fernando kills a few other people who can associate him with the victim.

Her father Wiley, who even before his daughter's murder, did not care whether he lived or died (all one has to do is ask the drug dealers he mugs in Seattle for a living) identifies the victim as Lizzie. He knows the overworked police will try to solve the homicide, but that is not good enough for him. Though he has not talked with his estranged daughter in over a year, Wiley sees vengeance as a chance to somewhat atone for being a lousy dad. The underground sex industry quickly knows to beware because Wiley will stomp on anyone who fails to point him towards the killer of his child.

The attitudes of the antihero Wiley, the killer Fernando, the FBI agent Avina, and the other agents make this investigative crime thriller into a winner. The story line is exciting from the moment Wiley places a gun in the ear of a drug dealer until the climax when High Noon occurs between the two lead characters. Those readers who relish an offbeat electrifyingly wild ride filled with testosterone (even from the female Avina) will want to obtain WILEY'S LAMENT.

Harriet Klausner