A young woman ends up under the wing of a tough female gangster; but when the young woman falls for a hard-luck gambler with big debts, it creates deadly cracks in all of the relationships in Megan Abbott's Queenpin.
Queenpin is a contemporary novel, but could have fallen right off of a spinner rack full of Gold Medal paperbacks. Abbott has written as hard-boiled and satisfying a noir as was ever banged out on the feverish typewriters of the 40s and 50s. Abbott writes in the proper terse style, never lets up on the accelerator, and ends with the usual dose of nihilism; a potent brew, indeed.
I have read two books by Abbott recently, and they are both very different, but written in a style that ratchets up the suspense right to the end. Recommended.
I got this for my beloved Kindle and read it quickly.
Queenpin is a contemporary novel, but could have fallen right off of a spinner rack full of Gold Medal paperbacks. Abbott has written as hard-boiled and satisfying a noir as was ever banged out on the feverish typewriters of the 40s and 50s. Abbott writes in the proper terse style, never lets up on the accelerator, and ends with the usual dose of nihilism; a potent brew, indeed.
I have read two books by Abbott recently, and they are both very different, but written in a style that ratchets up the suspense right to the end. Recommended.
I got this for my beloved Kindle and read it quickly.
