Review: Getting better and better
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 3, 2010
This is Mr. Hallinan's second novel, and the second that I've read.  It started out a little rough (for me, your mileage may vary) in the first chapter, as he was setting up the setting (as it were) where much of the novel takes place, but from that point on it was literally very hard to put down.  I read it in two days (which is fast for me, as I like to read slowly and enjoy every sentence).  Well-drawn characters (love-able and hate-able both) and a story line that sucks you from one scene to the next (and sucks the emotions right out of you).Highly recommended!  (But beware: the novel deals with child-prostitution, and doesn't gloss over very much.  Keep a well-secured lock on your emotions...)