Barnes and Noble posted a few weeks ago that John Grisham highly recommends author Michael Harvey, saying, he's a must-read. Since John Grisham is The Man, I took him for his word and bought a special two-book bundle for my nook.
In the first of the two books, The Chicago Way, private investigator Michael Kelly narrates the murder mystery in a voice that sounds very old-school Chicago. You can envision him sitting in a darkened office with cigarette smoke circling up from an ash tray, with slow, cheesey saxaphone music in the background. I really almost couldn't stick with it much past the first 5 or 10 pages.
I'm glad I stuck with it, though, because around page 10, BAM! I was sucked in big-time. It was one of those things where I was just reading along and then I was like, "Wait - what? Did I read that right?" Then I had to re-read that last paragragh to make sure I had it right. I LOVE when books make me do that!
Michael Kelly is a lippy former-cop who backs down to noone and has an especially hard time backing down from the ladies. Kelly has a tough outer shell from a childhood spent under the steel toe of his daddy's boots, but is a handsome softy that makes for a very sexy combination.
I'm now almost finished with the second book in the bundle, The Fifth Floor. Almost as good as the first, just a little more of a political spin. All in all, these are good, old fashioned murder mysteries that I'd give probably 3.5 stars out of five. Not fantastic, but not bad at all.
Thank you, John Grisham, for the introduction. Michael Harvey is an author I'd recommend, too!
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