Review: Intricate, surprising plot and well-drawn characters
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 23, 2013
This is the third of Demaria's novels I've read (second Alton Rhode), and he's continued to entertain with witty, plausible adventures for his  protagonist. Local color and quirky supporting characters, in a variety of settings - particularly Staten Island - ground the scenes in comfortable familiarity until flashes of brutality and unforeseeable plot twists jar the reader back into the noir theme.An engaging page-turner, Capriati's Blood gets 4 stars instead of 5 because the author introduced two love interests for his wisecracking detective. I found this a bit awkward, to the point of questioning whether at least one was contrived raciness. Neither subplot harmed the story, but the too-easy infatuations were a speed bump for me.