Review: It SIZZLES, Then FIZZLES
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 13, 2014
Book starts off (after the 1st few pages) with a bang of sexual depravity and torture that results in the 1st of "several" murders that beset the small town of Long Hollow, Alabama, circa the 1970's.  The book then successfully introduces a duo (which will eventually become a trio) of "young" teen-aged boys , who will ultimately serve as the means through which the murders are solved.  The boys are extremely likeable and provide a poignant "coming of age" sub-story to an increasingly complicated plot involving not only sexual depravity and murder, but illegal drug trafficking and political (small p) corruption.  By alternating fast-paced action scenes with  1st person "discovery" narratives provided by George (the "leader" of the teen-age boys), the author manages to engage the reader both mentally and emotionally for 7/8's of the book - and then "it all abruptly falls apart" with a "resolution" that is neither plausible or complete.  Fortunately or unfortunately depending on whether you proceed with reading the book and like it or read the book and don't like it, I don't seem to be able to articulate my misgivings any better.  I wouldn't say the book was a complete waste of time, but I can't recommend it either.