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A review by cmbohn
The Crime Writer by Gregg Hurwitz
3.0
Drew Danner wakes up in a hospital with a surgeon and a cop next to his bed. The surgeon wants to tell him about the brain tumor they just removed. The cop wants to tell him that Drew just murdered his ex-fiance.
The tumor is definite enough. He takes it home from the hospital in a jar. And his fiancee is definitely dead. But Drew can't remember anything about that night and has no idea if he killed her or not. But he's arrested, sent for trial, convicted, and then acquitted on grounds of temporary insanity. That tumor in a jar came in handy at the trial.
So now what? Drew wants to know what happened that night. He needs to figure out if he's really a killer, and if not, then who is? And who is stalking his home, setting him up?
Fortunately, Drew is a crime writer, so he's got contacts. His agent, the actor who starred in his movie, his crime scene specialist, the consultant cop. But someone is following him, and then a second murder follows soon after Drew comes home from jail.
This wasn't a perfect book. Drew was a little too reckless and dumb in some ways. But I liked the setting and I was wrapped up in the story. I'm giving it 3.5 stars. Great opening, BTW.
The tumor is definite enough. He takes it home from the hospital in a jar. And his fiancee is definitely dead. But Drew can't remember anything about that night and has no idea if he killed her or not. But he's arrested, sent for trial, convicted, and then acquitted on grounds of temporary insanity. That tumor in a jar came in handy at the trial.
So now what? Drew wants to know what happened that night. He needs to figure out if he's really a killer, and if not, then who is? And who is stalking his home, setting him up?
Fortunately, Drew is a crime writer, so he's got contacts. His agent, the actor who starred in his movie, his crime scene specialist, the consultant cop. But someone is following him, and then a second murder follows soon after Drew comes home from jail.
This wasn't a perfect book. Drew was a little too reckless and dumb in some ways. But I liked the setting and I was wrapped up in the story. I'm giving it 3.5 stars. Great opening, BTW.