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These stories are a stone cold blast!

Eventually, morning came instead of bad guys. That was the thing about mornings. No matter how fucked up your life got, how deep and black your despair, how sure you were that you just couldn‘t take another second of this shit, morning just kept on coming. Over and over. Morning didn‘t give a damn about your little drama.

I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it (some I‘ve had so long I don‘t even remember why!) Feel free to join in!

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Sax Rohmer's adventure thrillers are a guilty pleasure due to their racism and Rohmer's journalistic role in contributing to the racist trope of "The Yellow Peril". His best-known creation is criminal mastermind / anti-colonial patriot, Dr. Fu Manchu. Less well-known is his female counterpart, Sumuru.
Tunes are Desmond Dekker's Fu Manchu, and the original China Girl by Iggy Pop, both of which I love without guilt!

Today's reading. A friend of mine who enjoys noir suggested it, so I'm taking a chance and reading outside my comfort zone.

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Paperback on sale on Amazon right now! The perfect Hallowe'en read at a perfect price!

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The first third is pretty engaging, if solely for the atmosphere and creep factor. Unfortunately it eventually turns into a sort of monster mash, and the climax has a rushed, "Meh, time to wrap this nonsense up" feel to it.

After Dark, My Sweet lacked a clear direction. It opens on a fairly slow note with Collie who is less proactive and more reactive, which, when done well, is fine, but here it seems Thompson was unsure himself where he wanted Collie to go and what he wanted him to do. There are some decently suspenseful moments, but overall it‘s not as engaging as I expected. Perhaps reading this the same weekend as The Getaway set my expectations too high.