A review by lisa_daily_writes_romcoms
Give Up the Dead by Joe Clifford

5.0

Joe Clifford is one hell of a writer. I read an advance copy in hardcover and loved it so much I bought it for Kindle too. What I love most about this series (and anybody looking at my GR reading list knows I gravitate to the happy, funny, romantic stuff) is the insanely good writing. Give Up The Dead is not what I usually gravitate to --it's darker, bleaker -- but there's something about Clifford's protagonist Jay Porter that keeps me coming back. Sure, Porter's a screw-up and responsible for much of the misery in his own life. But like all of us, he keeps plodding forward. It's when Jay has these very human moments of recognition -- where the light dawns on him, that you hope that Jay will finally find a way to get things back on track, or find a path to redemption.

Seriously worth the read.