A review by hardcoverhearts
City of Tiny Lights by Patrick Neate

4.0

I picked this one up on a lark, at the Friends of the Library book sale, because I thought the cover was clever and it was $1. Little finds like this at the sale is what keeps me going back. This was such a fun book to read. I found myself carrying it around in my too overloaded purse, looking for opportunities to sneak another few pages.

This book is a hard boiled, neo-noir style, detective mystery set in London in the post 911 age. I loved the characters, the language, the setting, the storyline- just everything. I found it clever, but not overly so. It was very hip with the Cockney street slang. As one reviewer said, it would have been nice to understand a bit more about cricket, but that isn't a big detraction.

This one I will lend out but keep a copy in my library. Very nice surprise...