Reviews

Rain Dogs by Sean Doolittle

ridgewaygirl's review against another edition

4.0

Sean Doolittle writes intelligent thrillers with complex and very human protagonists. In [Rain Dogs], Tom Coleman, an ex-journalist mourning the death of both his daughter and his marriage, has inherited a small outdoor outfitters that includes a campground, rafts and kayaks, and an employee he doesn't really need. He's working hard to drink himself to death, but moving back within driving distance of his parents and an old girlfriend isn't making this easier. Nor is the explosion of an old cabin a few miles away that Tom suspects was meth-related, although the sheriff isn't handling it as such.

This was a fun, fast-paced book for a busy time of the year. It's not The Cleanup or Lake Country, but even at less than his best, Doolittle is worth reading.

csdaley's review against another edition

4.0

I liked this book. Fast paced, flawed characters, and a believable mystery. Can't ask for much more than that.

francomega's review

3.0

Rural noir about alcoholic ex-journalist from Chicago inheriting his grandfather's Nebraska campground and finding himself in the middle of meth-based drama. Structurally sound and very readable, but a bit anticlimactic (in the way realistic outcomes tend to be).