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Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth
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The Bitch
Les Edgerton writes a story of real criminals, rather than criminal masterminds. These characters have grit and a large depth of sadness driving them forward, revealed gradually as the plot unfolds.The story put me in mind of others where the complications of a crime keep building on themselves, twisting into a labyrinth with no good exit. Films such as A Simple Plan or One False Move came to mind as I read it, and it also had the flavor, to me, of a Jim Thompson book, given the way we're plunged into the workings of one character's mind as he is forced to deal with one bad situation after another, often making the human rather than the best choice. The pace is faily unrelenting from early on, and I read this book in about 3 days (it would have been faster, but I just don't get much reading time these days).Recommended if you like gritty, character-drive crime stories, such as those written by Jim Thompson or George V. Higgins.