Review: An outstanding debut novel!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 3, 2014
I wasn't going to read this book as soon as I bought it, but the novel I was in the middle of reading failed to hold my attention. At a loose end - as you are when between books! - I "flicked" to the first page of FIGHT - and didn't stop reading for hours! I couldn't put it down and finished it at 4 o'clock this morning.It says a lot for the skill of this new author that he presents a hero who is deeply flawed and yet for whom the reader comes to agonise. Gabe Adelaide is the son of a Mafia boss who helps rule Boston with brutality and a lot of bloodshed. The DA, Bruce Hudson, a man whose health is failing fast and his wife, Martha, are trying to adopt a child who, in his short life, has seen the ultimate tragedy. Bruce gets Gabe into court but fails to convict him of murder and extortion , thanks to the intimidation tactics of the Mafia henchmen.Then the child, August, goes missing...This amazing novel starts out with a bang and the tension continues to grow. A feeling of foreboding crept over me as the plot unfolded. This couldn't end well...A well-written story with an incredibly sensitive thread running through it, this is one of the very few books I have read where I shed tears at the end. I will be looking forward to this author's next book.