Review: Joey Costa's New Game
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 5, 2012
Joey Costa's New Game is a fantastic read for lovers of crime fiction. Henry Simpson is right up there with Ed McBain and James Ellroy. Simpson weaves his tale using a third person POV with several subplots that converge at the end into a very satisfying conclusion.Henry's protagonist, Joey Costa, is a savvy lawyer who tries to retire from defending the Carbone mob in Los Angeles.  He relocates to Santa Barbra selling real estate but gets involved with an art forger who hires him to sever a contract with a local drug dealer.  Needles to say, this isn't a contract Joey can fight in court.There are several subplots with insight into the world of organized crime (but not the Sopranos version, thank you); police procedures in Las Vegas, and Santa Barbara; drug dealers; hit men; Security; and even a likeable body guard. But it is the characters in these plots that won't let you put down the book. Although I could not identify with any of them, I had to find out what happens to them. Simpson makes them seem so real with their descriptions, dialog, and actions. I highly recommend Joey Costa's New Game and would give it six stars if I could. It is that good.