Book: ‘Hell is a Woman’ by Garrett W. Deas
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Apr.19, 2019, under What's New?
Hell is a woman by Garrett W. Deas
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
For me, a predictable story due to one very obvious element. If you don’t notice it, you may be very surprised by the outcome. The story is set up generally well with the setting of the stereotype of the crooked Southern town. This being a stereotyped Florida Southern swamp town with the typical characters usually portrayed.
There are lots of technical issues in the book. Largest one being that the law enforcement characters are written as of the county sheriff’s office. However, the entire story approaches the law enforcement officers as municipal officers and not county. The writer clearly didn’t know the difference. I believe his effort to use stereotypes confused this.
The plot is still interesting and the bodies that pile up drew me into the story further. Still that one obvious element I noticed hovered over the book the entire time and proved to be true.
Side note: I love the cover art.
About the Florida setting: The setting is described as east of Tampa and Gator Creek is nearby. There is such a place in our state of Florida. Though the county name is not the same and there is no city portrayed anywhere near by. I believe the writer made use of a map.
Bottom line: I recommend this book. 6 out of 10 points.
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