LADIES OF THE NIGHT

Rating:
Summary: NOT WORTH THE TIME
Review: Author John Westermann is a writer and once was a police officer, so he has inside knowledge of how a novel of this kind (mystery/thriller) should work. He writes well, he plots well; but he commits two cardinal sins in his novel. First, he fails to give us a point-of-view and, because he does not do so, (Secondly) he never makes us give a damn about any character in his scenario. When an author does this, no matter how fascinating the facts of his plot may be (and in this novel they are not interesting) we "trudge" through the book instead of being swept along by the writer. Long before the end of the story I was bored and tired of the plot, the people, and of Westermann's inability to make me care, even a little. On the other hand, if you have insomnia - here's your cure!

Rating:
Summary: Don't Waste Your Time
Review: Author John Westermann is a writer and once was a police officer, so he has inside knowledge of how a novel of this kind (mystery/thriller) should work. He writes well, he plots well; but he commits two cardinal sins in his novel. First, he fails to give us a point-of-view and, because he does not do so, (Secondly) he never makes us give a damn about any character in his scenario. When an author does this, no matter how fascinating the facts of his plot may be (and in this novel they are not interesting) we "trudge" through the book instead of being swept along by the writer. Long before the end of the story I was bored and tired of the plot, the people, and of Westermann's inability to make me care, even a little. On the other hand, if you have insomnia - here's your cure!

Rating:
Summary: NOT WORTH THE TIME
Review: I SAT DOWN TO READ A GOOD MYSTERY BUT INSTEAD IT IS A POLITICAL BOOK CRITICAL OF REPUBLICANS AND GLORIFYING DEMOCRATS.
IT IS A BOOK WITHOUT "DEVELOPED" CHARACTERS AND WITHOUT A "DEVELOPED" STORY.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A GOOD READ--GOOD MYSTERY, SAVE YOUR "TIME AND MONEY". DEFINITELY "NOT" WORTH IT.
RATING SHOULD BE "LESS" THAN 1 STAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rating:
Summary: Westermann keeps getting better and better,
Review: Populated with dead-on characters and sharply focused, a late-into-the-night page turner, LADIES OF THE NIGHT is John Westermann's finest novel to date. I know I said this about his last novel, THE HONOR FARM, but the simple truth is that the guy keeps getting better and better. Which, as a colleague and a competitor, I really hate. Westermann has the uncanny ability to set an evocative mood with a single short parapgrah. He shifts from character to character, and from scene to scene, without ever losing sight of the trail. His books exude authenticity; his descriptions of Long Island politics in LADIES OF THE NIGHT are enough to make Al D'Amato take confession. Buy this one in hardcover. Ten years from now, you'll want to read it again.