Review: Fantastic.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 31, 2013
Mark Paris AKA The Professor is a man with a past- and a gaudy past it is too. He's the widow of a famous singer, an ex-pianist, ex- army, ex-boxer and ex-mathematician with murky family secrets.Paris operates as a 'fixer' in 1960s Las Vegas and when he receives a panicked phone call one morning from Stan Maxwell , a drinking acquaintance who has woken up with a dead blonde in his bed, Paris is soon embroiled in a hardboiled murder mystery that involves blackmail, a high class bordello, cops, the mob and very nasty psycho killer.Peters cleverly and deftly  adds social commentary, pop culture references, smart dialogue and  witty asides to an already potent  cocktail.Subtraction is one of the most enjoyable and original crime novels I've read all year. Fantastic stuff.