Wild Turkey

Rating:
Summary: It'll keep your attention.
Review: How can I even begin to describe this book? It starts off like many other noirish books do. A man who has fallen. He's no longer at the top of his game and neither is his marriage. I honestly can't complain about the book but I can say that it does get pretty weird. The sex is something straight out of a perverted porno and when the main characters get to Las Vegas the book does a complete 180.
I can't say that I was disappointed in this book; I didn't know what to expect. I can say that I was surprised. Imagine reading a script for the Salton Sea with some Pulp Fiction and Crying Game mixed in for good measure. Oh and lets not forget a sprinkling of David Lynch.
Overall I'd say it's worth a look but I wouldn't put it at the top of any list.

Rating:
Summary: A page Turner!
Review: I agree, this book will keep your attention. Hard to put down and stays in your head for days, lots of plot twists and turns.

Rating:
Summary: Cool, slick modern noir
Review: This is like John MacDonald updated to our times--middle class guy with great marriage gets into deep trouble with adultery, murder, and the whole shebang. Hemmingson, previously known for editing anthologies of erotic literature, here does a great job with prose smooth as silk. The tale is of Phil Lansdale, former lawyer now disbarred, who finds out his married neighbor, Cassandra Payne, is one swell looking babe and pursues his need to scratch that itch in spite of a wife who digs him a lot.

Phil starts drinking and doing stuff he never did before. He gets buddy-buddy with another neighbor, a retired cop, who thinks Cassandra may have done something pretty nasty. Of course this doesn't stop Phil from letting his pants go where his head shouldn't.

As Phil gets more and more involved in finding out who Cassandra is and what she may have done, things get worse and worse. The plot is fast and sharp; the momentum is powerful, and the action is intense.

Because Hemmingson's writing is so carefully controlled, you can read this in one afternoon or less. A great addition to the continuing availability of excellent modern noir fiction that also includes The Ice Harvest by Scott Phillips and The 25th Hour by David Benioff.