Twilight at Mac's Place

Engrossing, twisted tale of intrigue and betrayal as usual. Lots of real characters, none of which are entirely guilty or innocent. Mostly we get the play-by-play from the Granville narrative, lots of juicy filler from the other character narratives. Granny’s the one in possession of the infamous memoir and the one who has to array his allies around him and ferret out his enemies. My only major criticism is the lack of characters that fit the description of the assassin made the suspect rather obvious. What the suspect reveals and ultimately does was a bit of a surprise, although it shouldn’t have been. I’ll have to hunt down the other Mac and Padillo novels. I’d like to know more about the latter; he’s made out to be a man show more with a past and that’s always fun. show less

The fourth of the McCorkle/Padillo series. Anyone who enjoys tight, crisp writing should pick up a Ross Thomas. Intrigue, adventure, tasty dialogue and memorable characters.

I did not like it much at all. I thought it was slow. There were too many characters to keep track of.