Book: ‘The Name of The Game Is Death’ by Dan J. Marlowe
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Sep.01, 2018, under Books
The Name of The Game Is Death by Dan J. Marlowe
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
A power packed novel that does in 159 pages that most authors can’t do in 10 novels: A thorough story with much depth. The writing is top notch, though the plotting is clunky.
This book follows a bad guy from Arizona to a small city along the west coast of Florida, “Hudson”. More about that below. What makes this book so well done is that it is very hard to imagine where the story goes while reading the early part of the book. The complications and characters encountered are excellent.
The clunkiness comes as the writer moves the character across the country. Marlowe would have been best to have truncated that part as it seems he hasn’t actually driven that area before and it showed in his writing.
The Florida part: Hudson does exist in just the area he mentions. However his description better fits Spring Hill above Hudson. I believe he swapped one for the othe. He nails Spring Hill nearly exactly as it was when he wrote the book.
Bottom line: I recommend the book. 8 out of 10 points.
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