Saw Red

Truluck gives you a private dick novel from the bygone days: no filler, no BS, no pandering to any demographic. The writing is short, sharp and to the point. Those that want their PI's clean, shaven, sober, free of scars and emotional damage are in the wrong place. This PI is a throwback in his work style, speech, manners and thought patterns but he is given enough modern accoutrements that he is not a simple caricature or a rip off. A refreshing read that you can throw next to your crime novels of today as easily as you can to the masters of yesteryear.

Start with a hard luck private dick, add a high priced call girl, equals a good old-fashioned private dick novel. And the plot? Find her stolen Jag and palm pilot containing her client list, find the guys that heisted it, find who they sold her palm pilot to and make the problem go away. Simple? Not even close. As you delve deeper into the book, you get to meet chop-shop bad-asses, gun-toting crazies, drug-addled morons, Dixie Mob killers, Italian gangsters, lawyers, evangelists, rich southern crackers and con men all with more than a fair share of shooting and killing. It's a fine mix for a true PI novel.

Try reading Truluck's prose without a smile on your face...you won't last a second. Saw Red is easy to get sucked into, so give yourself some time and plan on getting through it in one sitting, this is a book that you will not want to put down once you dive in. This is pure pop noir, babies, this is Truluck.


Genre: Mystery