Review: Down and Dirty Crime Fiction
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 1, 2011
From front to back, Rawson's collection is a stunning, detailed portrait of drug addicts, crooked cops and sexual deviants -- a wide-ranging tour of the vast underbelly of the American Southwest. He gets deep into the minds of his characters and unearths their disturbing lives in vivid prose."The Blood, the Shattered Glass and All the Rest" stands out as a prime example of Rawson's powers. A cop is trying to kick his drinking habit at his wife's insistence, but the pressures mounting on him are simply too much for himto handle. When the title returns to smack you, the reader, over the head, the result is horrifying and believable.The Chaos We Know is the kind of collection that every fan of the dark side of crime fiction will devour.