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by Loren D. Estleman (Author), L. Estleman (Author) "The last line of security was a big Basque built like a coke oven ..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Forge (April 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0765304473
  • ISBN-13: 978-0765304476
  • Product Dimensions: 22 x 14.6 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,832,342 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great Dialogue and Action in Thin Mystery, 1 May 2004
By Professor Donald Mitchell "Jesus Makes Me a P... (Boston) - See all my reviews
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At his best, Loren D. Estleman reminds me of Raymond Chandler. At his weakest, his characters are engaging and rewarding. So even if you are not an Estleman fan, I suspect that you will enjoy Poison Blonde.

Poison Blonde belongs to Mr. Estleman's distinguished series featuring private detective, Amos Walker, who haunts the night in Detroit. His work is his life, and vice versa.

Poison Blonde brings him a job working for a hot young recording star, Ms. Gilia Cristobal. The young woman is not whom she seems, and the many ex-cons around her bring Walker onto his guard. One of them is a man he helped put away for life. The music industry scenes ring true, and could have come out of a tabloid. The Detroit color is, as always, solid and striking. The thugs are as stupid and gratuitously cruel as anyone would want.

The character of Gloria Cristobal is a particularly interesting one, and adds a lot to the story. She is one of Mr. Estleman's best characters in years.

The story is fast-paced and engrossing, and I found myself unable to put the book down until I had finished it.

Why did I grade the story down one star? There are mysteries here, but their explanations are the obvious ones that would occur to any reader in the first few seconds. Mr. Estleman does a pretty good job of making them seem more mysterious than they are by putting in lots of color, but at bottom there's not much here to exercise your mental processes.

After you finish enjoying this book, I suggest that you take the time to get to know someone better whom you think you know. Look for the depths behind the obvious social facade. Take what you find and use it to look deeper into the hearts of all those you meet.

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