Eoin Colfer's PLUGGED
Eoin Colfer is a new-to-me crime thriller writer. Now, I've got to find some of his other mysteries.
If you like gritty, crime thrillers with a strong and slightly damaged protagonist, you'll love Plugged. It reminds me of historic hardboiled detective fiction.
Daniel McEvoy is an ex-soldier in the Irish military who has drifted from job to job after his service. At the beginning of the novel, he's a bouncer at a sleazy casino in New Jersey. When one of the hostesses is murdered after a confrontation with a client and his friend, a back-room doctor, goes missing, McEvoy runs a foul of the Irish mafia, drug dealers, slimy lawyers, and bent police officers. And McEvoy bumps into some interesting fringe characters.
"Plugged" takes on all kinds of meanings throughout the novel. And this book has the funniest Rottweiler scene. I'm glad that the dog ended up on the winning side. (I have a soft spot for literary dogs.)
Happy reading!
If you like gritty, crime thrillers with a strong and slightly damaged protagonist, you'll love Plugged. It reminds me of historic hardboiled detective fiction.
Daniel McEvoy is an ex-soldier in the Irish military who has drifted from job to job after his service. At the beginning of the novel, he's a bouncer at a sleazy casino in New Jersey. When one of the hostesses is murdered after a confrontation with a client and his friend, a back-room doctor, goes missing, McEvoy runs a foul of the Irish mafia, drug dealers, slimy lawyers, and bent police officers. And McEvoy bumps into some interesting fringe characters.
"Plugged" takes on all kinds of meanings throughout the novel. And this book has the funniest Rottweiler scene. I'm glad that the dog ended up on the winning side. (I have a soft spot for literary dogs.)
Happy reading!
Posted by Crazy for Words at 1/16/2012 9:51 AM 
Categories: Books and Reading, Mysteries
Tags: Books Mysteries
Categories: Books and Reading, Mysteries
Tags: Books Mysteries
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