Finished Sa 6/25/11
An engaging, and electrifying read, yet it exemplifies all that is great, and not so great, in the Crime Noir genre.
The action begins immediately, without any pretense of background. The protagonist is never named, however, later in the story, he offers the name, 'James Moriarty' (Sherlock Holmes's arch nemesis).
The plot is almost too difficult to figure out, and the bad guys use the good guys, and allegiances change at will.
The only noteworthy element is that the action turns on a rather alarming degree of police corruption and the Russian mafia, although the entire novel is set in the rather isolated city of Hamilton, Ontario. An unlikely place for this kind of international crime connection, but the novel careens at a blistering pace, and succeeds on that level.
A fast-paced adventure if you are a fan of the genre, and are not too hung up on 'who, what, or why'.
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