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Mixed Blood: A Thriller (2009)

by Roger Smith(Favorite Author)

3.83 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

080508875X (ISBN13: 9780805088755)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Henry Holt and Co.

review 1: smith does a very good job of sending his memorable characters to war and that`s what really makes this one a winner. Maybe the best villain in any crime story I read so far and a host of other really cool dudes that fight for their lives in a brutalized society that has not yet conquered all the racism and bigotry it was founded on. Doesn`t make you want to visit capetown but makes you want to turn the pages in a reading frenzy. brutal and relentless.
review 2: Mixed Blood starts at a nice quick pace and steadily gathers more speed, rattling and twisting along like a rollercoaster by the end. This pace, however, is not at the expense of plot, sense of place or characterisation. Indeed, Smith manages to pack an awful lot into three hundred pages and Mixed Blood... more is a masterclass in tight, taut and tense writing. Smith perfectly captures the troubled post-Apartheid politics and geography of Cape Town, its racism, poverty, crime and corruption. The characters of Benny Mongrel and Rudi Barnard are very well penned, as are their back stories. The only characters I had trouble buying into were Jack and Susan Burn, who seemed a little shallow and thin. Otherwise, this is a cracker of a story. The Cape Town tourist industry probably won't thank him for his efforts, but anyone who likes noir will thoroughly enjoy this dark tale. I'll certainly be tracking down his other books. One of my discoveries of the year. less

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