In March of 2008 I wrote of the first Eddie LaCrosse novel, The Sword-Edged Blonde:
In private investigator Eddie LaCrosse, Bledsoe creates a character who is equal parts witty and charming, rough-and-tumble and roguish. LaCrosse’s journey reveals him to be a character of surprising depth in a novel that is short (232 pages) by today’s standards. Bledsoe uses each page to his advantage and has crafted a page turner story that had a few “I didn’t see that coming” moments as it reached its conclusion.
Alex Bledsoe had merged the genres of sword-and-sorcery and pulp noir so successfully that I was unsure if such an amalgam could ever be topped. To which Mr. Bledsoe has now replied (to the voices in my head, at any rate), “Take that!”
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie ~Alan Bradley
–Published 2009
–370 pages, Delacorte Press
–Winner of the Crime Writers’ Association Debut Dagger Award
–5 enthusiastic stars out of 5
When a book with a lovely apple-green cover locks eyes with you on an innocent stroll through your local purveyor of books, and then continues to whisper insistently at the back of your mind for days upon days upon days, what is a person to do? I submit that the only thing to do is to adopt the little beauty, for a small fee, and give it a loving home.
Pardon my french, dear readers, but To Be Read pile be damned, this book needs to find a home with you, immediately!
