Review: Rector does it again.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 7, 2012
I love John Rector for knowing how to play his strength. His thrillers have very little in common with what's currently on the market. In fact, his approach has more to do with Dostoevsky's complex characterization, except that his prose is straight like an arrow. Almost disembodied. It lets the reader concentrate on what Rector is trying to say with the story. In this case, the fall of a man, from having everything to having nothing. LOST THINGS is a crystal clear portrait of a terrifying ordeal that's original enough to feel real. If hardboiled literature specializes in characters who lost then sensitive side, Rector writes about that process of loss.