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Red Diamond #3
Diamond Rock
Red Diamond is back, this time entangled in the chaotic life of a sixties rock star, facing death in the eighties at the hands of a fiendish killer.
231 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1985
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Mark Schorr
14 books7 followersMark Schorr is the author of 11 previous published mysteries/thrillers. He was nominated for an Edgar award, had books published in France, Spain and Japan, and had three books optioned by Hollywood. He’s also the author of hundreds of articles, with work published in The New York Times, New York Magazine, Esquire, and The Oregonian. He’s been on staff for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, USA Today, CBS and NBC.
Aside from his work as a writer, he’s been a bookstore manager, a bouncer at Studio 54, a private investigator, an international courier, a crisis de-escalation trainer, and a decoy during training for TSA’s bomb-sniffing dogs.
He is currently a mental health and addictions counselor in Portland, Oregon.
Aside from his work as a writer, he’s been a bookstore manager, a bouncer at Studio 54, a private investigator, an international courier, a crisis de-escalation trainer, and a decoy during training for TSA’s bomb-sniffing dogs.
He is currently a mental health and addictions counselor in Portland, Oregon.
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December 26, 2021
The third book in a series focusing on mild mannered cab driver Simon Jaffe whose divorce makes him snap, creating a new personality named Red Diamond, a PI based on classic 30's and 40's detectives.
Having never read the previous novels, it took fifty pages for me to figure out how this book was going to work out. There are several "flashbacks" for Red on his past exploits dealing with Rocco Rico. I was hoping for the type of novel that was written like these fictional flashbacks and not the one set in the present where Red has to deal with several modern day (well, for the 80's) side cases as he looks for Simon's missing daughter. Once I found my legs with the protagonist, this was an easy read. I enjoyed Red more than Simon because the latter character's personality boring and cliche. For example, when Simon resurfaces he's lost, confused, and woefully unsure of what to do. Naturally this occurs at the worst possible times. I also found Simon's son to be unnecessary, present only to remind Red to continue looking for Simon's daughter, but she was not the strongest case to crack.
I would not seek out other Red Diamond adventures.
Having never read the previous novels, it took fifty pages for me to figure out how this book was going to work out. There are several "flashbacks" for Red on his past exploits dealing with Rocco Rico. I was hoping for the type of novel that was written like these fictional flashbacks and not the one set in the present where Red has to deal with several modern day (well, for the 80's) side cases as he looks for Simon's missing daughter. Once I found my legs with the protagonist, this was an easy read. I enjoyed Red more than Simon because the latter character's personality boring and cliche. For example, when Simon resurfaces he's lost, confused, and woefully unsure of what to do. Naturally this occurs at the worst possible times. I also found Simon's son to be unnecessary, present only to remind Red to continue looking for Simon's daughter, but she was not the strongest case to crack.
I would not seek out other Red Diamond adventures.
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