FICTION

The Girl with the Deep Blue Eyes

by Lawrence Block
Hard Case Crime. Sept. 2015. 240p. ISBN 9781783297504. $22.99; ebk. available. F
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Doak Miller retired from the NYPD three years ago, moved to Florida, and established himself as a PI for hire. His latest gig for the local sheriff's office has Doak playing the role of a New Jersey hit man. The cops have been tipped off that Lisa Otterbein, a disgruntled wife, is looking to have her rich husband bumped off. But Doak's plans go awry after he sees a photo of Lisa and falls instantly and passionately in love. Their meeting ignites the beginning of their twisted, psychosexual relationship, which evolves into a plot to murder Lisa's husband.
VERDICT Block's (The Girl with the Long Green Heart) ninth contribution to Hard Case Crime's lineup of classic and contemporary pulp fiction is less a crime thriller and more an examination of one extremely troubled and disturbed man. Rife with numerous and explicit sexual scenes, some of them violent, this is crime fiction at its most vulgar. Only for fans of the publisher and readers who like sexually graphic hard-boiled fiction.
Reviewed by Amy Nolan, St. Joseph, MI , Aug 14, 2015
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