A telemarketer in bad old 90s New York tries to climb the corporate ladder, while the pressure has his mind unraveling at the same time, in Jason Starr's Cold Caller.
Starr is a versatile thriller/noir writer who I have enjoyed over the years; I came across his initial novel for my beloved Kindle and scooped it up.
The protagonist is a classic unreliable narrator, who can't understand why a spontaneous murder is throwing a wrench in his plans. His unplanned attack on a prostitute, and his live-in girlfriend's growing suspicions, become increasingly inconvenient to him as well.
Cold Caller keeps spiraling into a darker and colder place until it hits bottom with a sobering, but necessary, denouement.
I read this one quickly. Good for genre fans and fans of Starr.
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