The Girl with the Sagittarius Tattoo's Reviews > Dead I Well May Be

My experience with this book wasn't as exciting as I hoped. The pace slowed way down in Mexico, but the blame mostly lies with the voice narrator. Daring escapes and shootouts weren't delivered with any particular inflection - but the man sure had a terrific Irish accent. :)

I like Michael Forsythe. We're the same age and would probably have a lot of conversational context - except he's from Belfast, and has a whole criminal thing going on. It's 1992 and Michael has left the Troubles behind for Harlem, working as a strongarm for Darkey White's Irish street gang. He's making a name for himself as a cool head and his future seems bright, except that Darkey's girlfriend has "heart attack red hair" and legs for days. The two are sneaking around behind Darkey's back, so it's no surprise to him when his drug buy in Mexico goes horribly, horribly wrong. But if Michael ever makes it back to New York, there's gonna be hell to pay...

Yep, I'm pretty sure I would've loved this via Kindle or paperback. When I get to the followup, The Dead Yard, I'll be sure to read it instead of listen.