Book: ‘After the First Death’ by Lawrence Block
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Nov.19, 2017, under Books
After the First Death by Lawrence Block
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
I’m a recent fan of Block’s work. This is an example that I need to add *some* of Block’s work. I wasn’t nutty about this moody, dark tale. The ending didn’t help – Especially in that I never doubted what it would be.
The writing is certainly better than most all done today. But the plot is lacking. There are good elements in it, but seems Block was on a tear punching out books and this may have been a victim of speed. The idea that a man is wanted for murder and then runs pretty freely around as if the police have closed shop for vacation, is not good writing. And there is a part involving a Hide-A-Key that seems to be a trap door Block used to get out of a plotting problem.
The characters; drunks, prostitutes, etc.; are standard for this type of book.
Bottom line: I don’t recommend this book. 5 out of ten points.
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