Review: Enjoyable Crime Fiction + Bonus Stories
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 20, 2012
"No Mercy," the title story, is a well-told crime/police procedural episode featuring Sgt. Major Crane -- a character who appears in two of his own novels. Crane is a likeable character, and I can see why Cartmell was led to expand his world and crime-solving opportunities. The 3rd-person present-tense threw me at first, but the story drew me in quickly and carried me to the big finish. My favorite story of the batch is "What If...?" It's incredibly short but equally as good; seriously, this story alone is worth the 99 cents for admission. The voice, the humor -- it's priceless!