FICTION

Not for Nothing

by Stephen Graham Jones

Dzanc. 2014. 280p. ISBN 9781938604539. pap. $15.95. F

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A live-in security guard at a storage facility in his tiny Texas hometown, disgraced homicide detective Nicholas Bruiseman is a pariah. But then former cheerleader-type Gwen asks him for some unlicensed protection, which leads to a lot of trouble and a dead body.

VERDICT The plot is Big Sleep-complicated, the atmosphere edgy, and the narration intriguingly second person. For readers of literary fiction and mystery fans willing to take a dare.

Reviewed by Barbara Hoffert , Jun 01, 2014

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