Hitmen I have Known

Is there a more distinctive voice in contemporary writing than Bill James? He really does knock spots off the opposition. Many years ago I was given a novel by a friend. “Bill James, who’s he?” I said. I was hooked on page one, and gobbled it up. I read a dozen more Harpur & Iles novels in a couple of weeks. Then I went back and read them all again. Thus, I am very pleased to announce that we have another winner. Harper and Iles are back, and so are Denise, the girls, Jill and Hazel, Panicking Ralph and Mansel Shale, and all as fresh as if they had been invented yesterday. “Hit Men I have Known” is a rollicking tale which gravitates around a nasty unresolved double murder and the suspicions and tensions a tv re-enactment raises. If this sounds too deadly serious, it’s worth remembering that James’s wry sense of humour bubbles up on every page.
A five-star performance by the King of Crime. I am eagerly awaiting the next one. It will be number thirty-six in the series, I think, though I stopped counting a long time ago.
Thanks to Net Galley and Severn House for the opportunity to read the ebook!