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Nobody's Angel (2010)

by Jack Clark(Favorite Author)

3.61 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0843963271 (ISBN13: 9780843963274)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Dorchester Publishing Company

series

Hard Case Crime

review 1: Clark grounds you in the city and presents it as a gray, dying monolith. The story is simple enough but reveals the psyche of "old time" Chicagoans reaction to the grand city's recent descent into violence, poverty, and trauma. The landscape of Chicago is at once glitzy and gritty; a juxtaposition that is associated with most major cities but most alive in the Windy City. This book is stark, frightening, and introspective. Definitely worth a read.
review 2: For a genre novel, "Nobody's Angel" has a minimal plot, which is fine by me. Taking place in Chicago, the novel's action occurs during a group of unrelated serial killings, one killer preferring cab drivers, the other young prostitutes. Narrated by a cabbie named Eddie, the novel's tension comes largely from... more the ambiguities inherent in almost every fare taxi drivers pick up--the innocent becomes menacing, the menacing becomes innocent; threats come and go, some never arrive; stereotypes of who makes for safe fares are shattered, then rebuilt. Even when the customers are decent people, the specter of robbery and violence always hovers near by. less

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