Tom Coffey

The story started out well. The author provide excellent descriptions of the character. The story seemed to switch directions as if not really sure what the conclusion should be. I'd read another by this author as this is his first novel.

Well, the old adage holds true: You can't judge a book by it's cover. The title and illustration have very little do with the dark interior. Coffey is a talented writer and obviously knows his way around court houses and newspapers. But this book is way too dark and ugly for me, and I hope most people. I only stuck with it to see if the bad guys got their just desserts, and in this case, one of the bad guys was the main character in the story. They didn't.

Nice period piece set in 1940s NYC after WW II.

I've never read a novel by Tom COffey but I picked up this book in a sale at my library. Ted Lowe is a reporter for a newspaper who is stuck with an obsession to solve the case of a young girl who was murdered after he saw her battered body.

From Ted's own personal demons to the problems of everyone else, the twists and turns throughout the book made it hard for me to put down even though I predicted the end results.