Apex Review Of Blood And Rain (B.L. Morgan)

April 12, 2011 - PRLog -- Blood And Rain
B.L. Morgan
ISBN: 9781612320182
Speaking Volumes
Reviewed By Cherie Mangum

Official Apex Reviews Rating: 5 Stars


The streets of East St. Louis are bad, and trying to survive them is even worse. With all the scum, killers, rapists, and all-around lowlifes skulking around, it takes a special kind of hard-ass to wade through the grime without getting sucked in by the undertow – and that hard-ass is John Dark. A lowly private investigator, Dark is far from the prototypical “good-cop-gone-bad-trying-to-go-straight-again” fallen angel type; in fact, he couldn’t care less about virtue altogether. With a penchant for violence and a wizened moral code, Dark tackles the most salacious cases – the ones the cops are too afraid to touch – and does his job with neither the grace, heart, nor humility one would expect from a seasoned professional. Of course, the fact that no one is better than him at what he does tends to make the ends justify the means...

Such is the key appeal of Blood And Rain, the riveting new offering from author B.L. Morgan. In compelling fashion, Morgan paints a vivid portrait of the quintessential anti-hero – albeit one without whose presence the streets would be even more dangerous than they are now. Far from noble, Dark is all about results, and as long as the pay is right the job is guaranteed to be done. Through all his scrapes and misadventures, the reader is able to experience the vicarious thrill of being thrust head-first into the sights and smells of the dark underbelly of one of America’s most incorrigible cities. Rife with more than its fair share of action, drama, and intrigue, Blood And Rain is a good old fashioned detective yarn with a surprisingly eye-opening, modern day twist. Highly recommended.

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