A Mysterious Review of Shotgun Lullaby by Steve Ulfelder. A Conway Sax Mystery.
Review summary: This is a gritty crime thriller, frequently violent but in an ends justify the means sort of way. A whodunit-style mystery, the storyline is nicely structured with just the right amount of complication, though to be sure, the whodunit aspect is not one of its strongest elements. (Click here for text of full review.)
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Shotgun Lullaby
Steve Ulfelder
A Conway Sax Mystery
Minotaur Books (May 2013)
Publisher synopsis: Conway Sax is a man seeking redemption. A man with a deeply checkered past currently paying for his sins by helping Gus Biletnikov stay sober. Wise-ass Gus, son of a wealthy investment banker, drives Conway nuts. But he also reminds him of his own estranged son, and so Conway finds himself deeply invested in his well-being.
When a brutal triple-murder takes place in Gus's halfway house, Conway suspects Gus was the intended victim, and resolves to find the killer in his usual full-tilt, no-holds-barred fashion. The list of suspects soon includes the longtime organized-crime warlord of Springfield, Massachusetts; Gus's own father, who's a bundle of insecurity despite his fortune; the father's second wife, a stunning beauty webbed in ugly motives; and a Houston con man who'll swipe your gold fillings but crack you up while he does so. But the case is no laughing matter to Conway when somebody close to him is murdered. To find the killer and prevent yet more senseless death, he needs help from both an ambitious Brazilian-American state cop, and an unlikely criminal source. Along the way, Conway's personal responsibilities clash with his vow to help fellow alcoholics, forcing him to make his toughest decision yet.
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