Another review

The Last Cairo Detective : CSAC gives you no answers, only questions. It skips the chapter one prequel BS you normally get with 'series' and puts you into the life of Jonas, the last detective in Cairo, Ill. For those of you reading the title thinking about eygpt, this is the first curve ball Peaches throws at you but not the last. Jonas wants to come off like a self prevervationist, and a man willing to do spy work for money, but not sell his soul for it. but when he takes up for a waitress he occassionaly sees being haressed by a cop, you realize there is more to this man than he or the author wants you to know right off.

A cheating wife of a pizza delivery man, A young neighbor Priest, a drinking buddy cop, and two lesbians are quickly introducted. Peachs says fuck exposition. first time authors always fall into the trap of telling you a story, pointing you in a direction, but Indiana Peach does not. he simply shows you. Each character is unique and speaks in their own voice. the dialog snaps. there is no fat. there is no moment that the characters talk for the reader instead of for themselves. This is one books second greatest asset, which is that unlike so many writers, MR PEACH doesnt write this book for you. its not you story. its not going where you want it to, where you think it might. I will not call out writers who purposely write to give their readers exactly what they want, ok i will, aka the author of twilight and to a certain extent JK Rowling. This short never does that, another great feat of a first time author. Not once does the reader get a feel of where the story is headed, its Jonas's story and the reader is just along for the ride.

As in all mystery novels, a simple job takes a turn for the worse, then it takes another turn, and then near the end another one. It ends with a cliffhanger, with our irritable heros life in the balance. Will he make it out ? of course, this is only part one. But the greatest complement you can give a piece of entertainment is what i give to part one of the The LAST CAIRO DETECTIVE , which is to say i want to know what happens next.

Ronnie James Dio