Lethal Injection by Jim Nisbet

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


There's noir and there's grim, and Lethal Injection definitely leans toward grim. Me, I like my protagonists to have some redeeming values. That's noir to me, a hero with character flaws who rises to the occasion. Old school. Not much of that in Lethal Injection. On the plus side, Nisbet is a good writer, definitely pulls off some memorable phrases, a bit overwrought at times, but he kept me reading. And the book is short, a big plus when none of the characters are likable. One flaw at the end and I can't describe it here without being a complete dick. Or maybe it's me, I just didn't get it. And this one very big positive: Nisbet's descriptions of a heroin high makes me wonder (yet again) about what I've been missing. Might be something to look forward to when I get that incurable cancer diagnosis.



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