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A review by kerri_library
Pigeon-Blood Red by Ed Duncan
4.0
For underworld enforcer Richard "Rico" Sanders, it seemed like an ordinary job. Retrieve his gangster boss's priceless pigeon-blood red ruby necklace and teach the double-dealing cheat who stole it a lesson. A job like a hundred before it. But the chase quickly goes sideways and takes Rico from the mean streets of Chicago to sunny Honolulu, where the hardened hit man finds himself in uncharted territory when a couple of innocent bystanders are accidentally embroiled in the crime.
As Rico pursues his new targets, the hunter and his prey develop an unlikely respect for one another and Rico is faced with a momentous decision: follow his orders to kill the couple whose courage and character have won his admiration, or refuse and endanger the life of the woman he loves?
This isn't the longest of books, only 203 pages, but there was a lot packed into it and it certainly kept my interest. Without any spoilers, there was something likeable about the main character, even if he is a hitman. I would have liked there to have been a bit more about him as a person but there was enough to start to get a feeling for him and why he does what he does. Also this is the first book in a trilogy so hopefully there will be more backstory or insight. Although crime fiction, there was elements of romance in there too and I felt they were merged together well.
Overall, after getting past the first couple chapters which I did struggle with as they seemed a bit random, this was a fast paced, old school crime story and I did enjoy it. I'd like to see where it goes next.
I was gifted this book for my honest review
As Rico pursues his new targets, the hunter and his prey develop an unlikely respect for one another and Rico is faced with a momentous decision: follow his orders to kill the couple whose courage and character have won his admiration, or refuse and endanger the life of the woman he loves?
This isn't the longest of books, only 203 pages, but there was a lot packed into it and it certainly kept my interest. Without any spoilers, there was something likeable about the main character, even if he is a hitman. I would have liked there to have been a bit more about him as a person but there was enough to start to get a feeling for him and why he does what he does. Also this is the first book in a trilogy so hopefully there will be more backstory or insight. Although crime fiction, there was elements of romance in there too and I felt they were merged together well.
Overall, after getting past the first couple chapters which I did struggle with as they seemed a bit random, this was a fast paced, old school crime story and I did enjoy it. I'd like to see where it goes next.
I was gifted this book for my honest review