clambook's review
3.0
Hallinan has three protagonists working in three series -- Poke Raferty, set in Bangkok ... Junior Bender, LA burglar with a high moral sense ... and Simeon Grist, complicated LA private eye. I'm a big fan of the Junior Bender series, not so much of Poke Raferty. The Simeon Grist series, of which The Bone Polisher is one, is somewhere in the middle in terms of engagement. It's not breaking any new ground -- the conventions include a horrific crime perpetrated by a horrific criminal, lots of bleak LA cityscape, wiseass repartee -- but it's generally well done and I'll be back for another installment.
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