neffo hat Five Decembers von James Kestrel besprochen
Noir at the outbreak of war
4 Sterne
I've not read much noir, but this was good fun. (Perhaps a bit pulpy.)
December 1941. America teeters on the brink of war, and in Honolulu, Hawaii, police detective Joe McGrady is assigned to investigate a homicide that will change his life forever. Because the trail of murder he uncovers will lead him across the Pacific, far from home and the woman he loves; and though the U.S. doesn’t know it yet, a Japanese fleet is already steaming toward Pearl Harbor.
This extraordinary novel is so much more than just a gripping crime story - it’s a story of survival against all odds, …