J. M. Redmann

I really love this book. Redmann is a fantastic writer and this book is so, so difficult to read because of the topic. Micky's pain and determination and isolation is incredibly well described and I was even more moved the second time I read than the first.

I have liked this author's past mysteries but this one totally turned me off. Her detective, Micky Knight, has become thoroughly obnoxious. Maybe she always was and I didn't notice? Maybe she has not aged well? Anyway, characters like her remind me that it is possible for lesbians to be just as misogynistic and sexist as men. As to the mystery itself...very derivative. As if she is trying to rewrite "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" only without the atmosphere and charm. I did not show more make it to the bitter end so perhaps I shouldn't review this but I read Enough and skimmed to the end. show less

A hard-boiled detective novel featuring New Orleans lesbian PI Micky Knight, who has to investigate a kiddy porn/molestation ring while working through her own issues with sexual abuse. *Way* too gritty and hard-boiled for me; I could barely finish it. I didn't like any of the characters, I didn't like the plot -- in fact, the only thing I really liked was the (plentiful and explicit) lesbian sex scenes. Unless you *like* Mickey Spillane, give this a miss.

I enjoyed the book just as much this time as I did the first. Very well put together and makes me hate Danny even more than I did from the first book.