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Small Town - Lawrence Block

Description: ISBN 0752858742 / Genre: Crime / Thriller

Newest Review: ... and daughter and son-in-law, taken from him by suicide and the 9/11 tragedy respectively. The murderer is now out to justify ... more

... those deaths by making sure other people die too in his own personal 'cull', from a whole gay bar down to a homeless person stuck in a building in the Bronx at the wrong time. While his reason for murder is convincing, and the 9/11 aspect an ingenious one, his motives for how he carries it out are less so. He uses a variety of different methods, has little rhyme or reason in choosing who dies and why and the only thing that stands out are the people connected. However, in the first instance, they seem to be at random. ...more

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Small Town - Lawrence Block: Not a Block-buster (617 words)
by - written on 02/12/04 (Very useful, 22 readings)
Rating:

While I'm not usually a reader of thrillers, what I tend to expect from them is a good plot, lots of twists and turns and a satisfying end. This book has all three and so, I would usually rate it as excellent. However, what mars this intriguing story and interesting plot is the gratuitous use of sex throughout. And I don't mean the odd fumbled encounter but full-blown, practically-pornographic-if-it-were-a-film, sex. What makes it even worse is the sex is badly written compared to the rest of the book, but I digress. Essentially, the plot centres around a writer in New York City who is falsely accused, or so you think, of murder. While he doubts his ... Read the complete review