Review: Another solid entry in a good series
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 30, 2013
In The Driver, Mr. Dawson takes a bit of a detour for Milton, involving him in a more traditional "damsel in distress" mystery than a thriller. Milton has temporarily escaped Control and is living under the radar driving a taxi in San Francisco. A woman he drives to a party gets in trouble, and Milton is compelled to help her.  As a hard-boiled mystery it is fairly conventional and doesn't break any new ground, but Milton is such a good character that it's a lot of fun just to watch him out in the world trying to cope and do the right thing.I like it a lot that Mr. Dawson takes Milton in different directions in each book, compared to some of the other authors in the genre - e.g. John Gilstrap, Andrew Peterson - who pretty much write the same book over and over, entertaining as they are.I'm a loyal reader of this series and look forward to the next one!