I was part of the 100 launch ambassadors for this book, which was provided to me by the author/publisher in exchange for an honest review.

There are many perils associated with reviewing a book without having finished it in it's entirety. Books can shift on a dime, and often if a book's ending is poor the entire book suffers and lessens the enjoyment of it. However, from what I have read so far, I'm willing to say that that won't happen.

I will say this about my attitude going into this novel. I'm so used to "indie" fiction being bad (come on, we all think it), that I was perhaps a tad reserved about having to review it afterwards. No more.

The prose is intelligent, and doesn't club you over the head with stuff proclaiming it to be Noir fiction. It does what all good fiction should: show, not tell. At times I missed a few colloquialisms, for I'm not British, but I must say that some of the fun was in identifying them and learning what they meant!

I would highly recommend this book to anyone.
After I finish the book, I'll update the review a little more. ( )