It has been a while since he wrote anything new as he seemed to have been occupied with screenplay writing for his movies. I was randomly checking and lo behold! A new novel from Reilley.
It is a typical Reilley novel in every sense, even though the title may say detective. He has tried his best to alter the usual genre of his by venturing into investigative space. But rather than being Sherlock Holmes, Sam Speedman is Jack West Jr. Lite. He may have been mentioned as a person having autism. But seems to have more powers than Batman!! The story is haunting to say the least and one of the most thorniest topics in American history - slavery! Trust Matt to churn up a potboiler of a novel on such a sensitive topic! Even though the struggles of Black people who are still being held as slaves and the cruelty of the Southern families is the core topic, the usual chase, hyperbolic villains who never seem to die unless pushed to the most goriest of fights, a meek but cat-like hero who has more sets of nine lives than the entire cat clan, a heroine for name sake, the diagrams of layouts of where the action happens, you name it you will have it like any other novel of Matt.
And the pace!! The story is under 400 page long and you will finish it on one sitting and may take less time than a long drive to office! Seems like he is planning to release some more with this lead character in similar genre by next year. Already looking forward to it!
Note: Was also reading "Subterranean" by Rollins in parallel. Rather than posting about it, just a simple review should suffice i guess. The book belongs right were the title says - subterranean - deep under the icy deserts of Antarctica, where no one else need to read it!!
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Your crisp review of Subterranean, had me guffawing helplessly for quite a while. Brilliant Gilsu - you should post all your reviews in Goodreads for global recognition as a star reviewer.