A review by lorinlee
The Crime Writer by Gregg Hurwitz

5.0

4.5. I selected this book because of cover blurbs from Dennis Lehane and Robert Crais, two of my favorite authors, and I'm glad I did. Hurwitz's protagonist Drew Danner has a brain tumor. After it is removed he finds himself charged with the murder of his former finance. Temporary insanity by reason of the tumor....Another murder, linked again to him....What is going on? Clever plotting, incisive writing, strong characters, and some descriptive passages about Los Angeles that verge on poetic. The set up is imaginative and the execution is neatly done.