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A review by jennifermreads
Two Dead by Van Jensen
4.0
“Stay a cop long enough, you go down one of three paths: you become a cynic, a reformer, or a drunk.”
Gideon returns from fighting on the frontlines of WWII and picks up a gun & a badge in Little Rock. He finds himself deep in a mire of segregation & racism and mob-rule. Calling on his FBI training, the mayor hopes Gideon can use his skills to bring order and peace to Little Rock while keeping an eye on the police department and schizophrenic Chief Bailey.
How many readers pick up this novel because of Nate Powell’s name on the cover? For sure, that is why it landed in my own TBR pile. Powell’s artwork continues to make my jaw drop. So much emotion and story ooze from his brushstrokes. This is a complicated story with so many facets: mobsters, racism, segregation, mental illness, PTSD, home life. The perspectives meld, the stories flow, and the ending will … well, you need to read it to see what the ending will be. For me, the ending Turns out there is a fourth path.
Gideon returns from fighting on the frontlines of WWII and picks up a gun & a badge in Little Rock. He finds himself deep in a mire of segregation & racism and mob-rule. Calling on his FBI training, the mayor hopes Gideon can use his skills to bring order and peace to Little Rock while keeping an eye on the police department and schizophrenic Chief Bailey.
How many readers pick up this novel because of Nate Powell’s name on the cover? For sure, that is why it landed in my own TBR pile. Powell’s artwork continues to make my jaw drop. So much emotion and story ooze from his brushstrokes. This is a complicated story with so many facets: mobsters, racism, segregation, mental illness, PTSD, home life. The perspectives meld, the stories flow, and the ending will … well, you need to read it to see what the ending will be. For me, the ending