Every Man a Menace is a sprawling, kaleidoscopic crime novel of shifting perspectives and shifting fortunes, following various tendrils out from a global ecstasy ring.
Lives intersect, fates get entangled, and the novel more than lives up to the promise of its title. This is crime fiction that masters both the grassroot particulars and the vast global scope. The Long Drop is based on the crimes of Peter Manuel, a real life serial killer, and takes place, for the most part, on one long night when Manuel went drinking with the husband and father of two of his victims, who may have paid Manuel for the privilege of being freed from the earthly burden of his dependents and who never faced punishment or condemnation for that heinous crime.
Bluebird, Bluebird , a modern masterpiece, particularly excels at representing the fraught, frictional relationships between race and justice, and freedom and oppressive social institutions in America. Darren Mathews is a black Texas Ranger living in East Texas, torn up about his allegiance to his state and his career.
And it meets this terrible era in American history passionately and eloquently to beautifully, powerfully condemn it. Advertisers: Contact Us. Privacy Policy. November 20, By CrimeReads. Article continues after advertisement. Pick any author on this list, and you are certain to enjoy an engaging and thrilling read. The top modern writers would include James Patterson and Stephen King because their books often rank among bestseller lists.
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