Review: Highly entertaining!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 12, 2013
This is the first book by Timothy Hallinan I have read.  It was recommended to me in my list of suggestions at Amazon and came at an excellent price, so I took a chance, never having heard of the author.  Offering this at a discounted price was a very savvy marketing move because I enjoyed this so much that I am buying the rest of the series.The setting is the gay community in Los Angeles, and must have been some time ago as I would like to think opinion about homosexuality has changed a great deal in the last ten years.  A young male psychopath and serial killer targets an older gay,well-liked and community-minded man. His young lover, thinking the man is in danger, hires hard boiled private detective Simeon Grist.  The characters are interesting and are well fleshed out with the exception of the homophobic sheriff who is a caricature and a bit over the top.  But fiendishly amusing.Hallinan's dry, tongue-in-cheek humour reminds me of Nelson deMille, one of my favourite authors, and I was so entertained that I want to buy the entire list.For sheer entertainment, I heartily recommend this.-----------------------------------------Update:  I liked this one so much that I bought A Nail Through the Heart and just finished it.  It was an excellent suspense/ mystery/thriller and kept me riveted.  Check this guy out  - a very good writer.