Saturday, October 15, 2022

Review: HARD PRESS by Adam Nicholls


These are the Evie Black case files. Evie Black was the sister of hardcore P.I. Mason Black.

Case 1: Black Out= Evie Black was back on the journalism gig, if she could prove herself. Her first story is of a man suspected of murdering his wife and kid, but he swore that he blacked out. Could he have done it? It was up to Evie to prove his innocence for the story.

Case 2: Black Widow= Hunting down the story of the Black Widow Killer with a handsome stranger she dubbed Cocky McCharming. Turns out the string of deaths were part of a larger crime syndicate.

Case 3: Black Magic= A case at the circus. This one was a little slow to begin with. It takes several chapters for Evie to witness a tragic accident in a circus act. But Evie doesn’t really think much of it. Instead, she focuses on the rude gypsy witch that almost tried to kill her. This one clearly wasn’t that great. I mean, putting Evie in the circus act? Kind of dumb and boring.

The best one in this collection was Black Widow. With the exception of the last story, these were pretty interesting mystery thrillers.

 

Rating: 4 stars

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