With an Extreme Burning Bill Pronzini Epub
In a narrative of bizarre people trapped in extraordinary and lethal circumstances, two mates are confronted with the chance that somebody they know well--for reasons they can't fathom--is plotting to destroy them and everyone they love.
Probably the most intense writing in Pronzini's new novel is the title, which refers to a collection of deaths by fire attributable to an unknown villain in a California town. The story itself is usually a lackluster understanding of whodunit. Dix Malory begins to suspect that his spouse Katy's demise in a car crash was no accident only after he starts to get phone calls from a man who, disguising his voice, says that he was her lover. Quickly Dix learns that his buddy Cecca also has been getting calls, these making sexual threats towards her daughter, Amy. When the cops prove little help, Dix and Cecca flip sleuth, doubling their efforts after more associates die by fire.
A number of suspects are set up, but the killer's motivation, when revealed, comes almost out of left field, making the choice of villain appear arbitrary. Pronzini avoids tarting up probably lurid scenes, most notably those regarding the kidnapping of Amy, however the suspense builds inconsistently, leading to a windswept, cliffside climax that is muted in a message-like wrapping. This newest isn't any match for even a middling entry within the author's Nameless Detective sequence, to which he ought to return, pronto.
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