
Color me bowled over and grateful for this outstanding review of my latest Ed Earl Burch hard-boiled Texas crime thriller by Carmen Amato, the silky smooth stylist and creator of the Emilia Cruz and Galliano Club historical thrillers:
“THE FATAL SAVING GRACE by Jim Nesbitt is a punchy, relentless experience for anyone who appreciates hard-boiled thrillers with a literary vocabulary and sharp-as-a-razor edges.
After years working as a private investigator in the urban sprawl of Dallas, Ed Earl Burch returns to the world of official law enforcement.
Now serving as a district attorney investigator in rugged West Texas, Burch finds himself at odds with a boss who views his methods with suspicion. On the plus side, he acquires a competent deputy as a new wingman.
The story gets off to a fast start as Ed Earl is targeted by a stone-cold killer. The twist is that this is someone Ed Earl killed in a previous installment of the series. But this is a criminal with nine lives who survived the previous encounter and is bent on revenge, not only on Ed Earl but on the woman who helped end his crime spree.
This is a story as dark as Ed Earl’s past. He’s a maverick who can’t help running roughshod over authority and picking fights for the sheer cussedness of it.
Dialogue spits out with few speech tags, keeping readers on their toes. The harsh Texas scenery is viewed through Ed Earl’s eyes, giving every description an inimitable style.
A raw but stylish noir epic.”
Many thanks, Carmen. Below are links to my book and Carmen’s.
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