BOOK REVIEW: River City Blues by Ward Howarth

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Book: River City Blues
Author: Ward Howarth
Narrator: Ward Paxton
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense/Crime

My Rating: ★★★★

Amazon: http://amzn.to/2sOHuOB
Audible: http://amzn.to/2r6MaOT

Synopsis:

It's early 1944 and Richmond, Virginia is a devil's paradise. Ration scams and police corruption are rampant while the inflated black market commands top dollar.

Detective Sergeant Bennie Sherwood, fresh off a soul-scarring tour of duty with the Marines, couldn't care less. His old man was recently murdered under suspect circumstances and he's on a hunt for the truth.

But then an old friend is killed during a botched black market raid and Bennie is thrust onto a hellride through Richmond's underworld. Suddenly, he's at the front lines of a new kind of war, one that's played out in gentlemen's clubs and back alleys between tobacco kingpins and numbers runners.

It's a dark, twisted journey that will test Bennie's every limit, even as it gets him closer to the truth about his father...

Review:
An exhilarating twisted page turner!

River City Blues is a suspenseful thriller that is intriguing and well written.  There were many twists and turns that formed a believable plot. There was a lot of action and suspense with just a little romance to keep my interest piqued. This author really knows how to build up the suspense and keep your attention to the very end.  The characters are well developed although I did not feel any attachment to any of them. Listening to the book, there was definitely a police feel to it.


Ward Paxton did a great job with the narration. He had a clear and crisp voice that was easy to follow and listen to. Ward had a good variation of voices for the different characters. There was good inflection during the heightened times such as stress, anger, drama, danger, etc.

This is the first book that I have read by Ward Howarth. I recommend River City Blues to anyone that enjoys reading a suspense/thriller that will keep you entertained all the way to the end.

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