Dark Retribution: Smitty's Calling Card

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Smitty's a hit man. A hit man who, sometimes, becomes a dark angel for those select few who are in desperate need. This time a cop needs his help in saving his sister-in-law. A madman is stalking ladies of the night and slaughtering them. No one knows who the madman might be. No clues are left behind. No witnesses are left alive. The police are baffled.

But one cop knows what to do. Sometimes, in defeating Evil, you occasionally have to flirt with the devil. Sometimes, only a killer can find a killer.

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Stephanie Jane recenzis Dark Retribution: Smitty's Calling Card de B R Stateham

A noir thriller

3 steloj

Smitty's Calling Card is a noir thriller set in the shadowy streets of a grim American city. I loved how Stateham portrays his chosen locations and appreciated his almost poetic turn of phrase which really brought the scenes to life for me. The novel mostly keeps up a good pace and is peppered with instances of extreme violence so this certainly isn't a book for nervous readers! Smitty himself is an interesting character and I think we will discover more about his past and motivations as this series progresses. I understand Stateham has also already written a number of short stories featuring Smitty.

Unfortunately I was less enamoured with the supporting characters in this story. Women seem only there to be murdered or leched over and one of the main black characters speaks solely in a very dated style of dialect which frequently had me cringing. Smitty's Calling Card does …

Smitty's Calling Card is a noir thriller set in the shadowy streets of a grim American city. I loved how Stateham portrays his chosen locations and appreciated his almost poetic turn of phrase which really brought the scenes to life for me. The novel mostly keeps up a good pace and is peppered with instances of extreme violence so this certainly isn't a book for nervous readers! Smitty himself is an interesting character and I think we will discover more about his past and motivations as this series progresses. I understand Stateham has also already written a number of short stories featuring Smitty.

Unfortunately I was less enamoured with the supporting characters in this story. Women seem only there to be murdered or leched over and one of the main black characters speaks solely in a very dated style of dialect which frequently had me cringing. Smitty's Calling Card does not have good diverse representation! The book also needs proofreading. Numerous odd sentence fragments and wrong homophone choices dragged me out of the gritty atmosphere making it difficult to keep myself focused on the various narrative threads. It's a shame because otherwise Smitty's Calling Card is an entertaining novel in its genre.

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