A review by devilstatedan
An Honest Living by Dwyer Murphy
adventurous
dark
funny
informative
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
A beaut new take on the hardboiled crime novel, very readable and an intriguing plot.
Set in modern New York, we follow a disenfranchised lawyer as he turns his back on corporate crime and instead makes a living taking civil cases here and there and serving at he odd shift as a night-lawyer - for out-of-hours misdemeanors...
He unwittingly get caught up in a case involving rare books, a divorce, and eventually a death, working his way through it all with clouded judgement and a niggling feeling that these events are not all they appear.
There's all the tropes of the hardboiled novel but these characters are more rounded, the plot more tempered, and language a little more descriptive. All-in-all I had a great time with it and will read more books featuring this character.
Set in modern New York, we follow a disenfranchised lawyer as he turns his back on corporate crime and instead makes a living taking civil cases here and there and serving at he odd shift as a night-lawyer - for out-of-hours misdemeanors...
He unwittingly get caught up in a case involving rare books, a divorce, and eventually a death, working his way through it all with clouded judgement and a niggling feeling that these events are not all they appear.
There's all the tropes of the hardboiled novel but these characters are more rounded, the plot more tempered, and language a little more descriptive. All-in-all I had a great time with it and will read more books featuring this character.