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First Published:
Feb 2004, 352 pages
Paperback:
Jun 2005, 400 pages
From the book jacket: From the hot new suspense writer
critics predict will have Grisham fans "switching their
allegiance in midstream" comes a thrilling tale of love and
murder set on the mean streets and in the sleek society haunts
of Atlanta. . . .
A volatile tale of love, betrayal, and murder shot through
with tenderness and poignant humanity, The Last Goodbye
is a riveting thriller with a thunderously beating heart, a
masterful page-turner that probes the meaning of love and the
burdens of the past.
Comment:
'Starred Review. Arvin's first legal thriller, The Will
(2000), generated excellent reviews. His second just might
kick him to a whole new level, critically and commercially. He
presents love, sex, money, power, and violence in an
irresistibly melancholy noir package in which redemption is
the motive but hell beckons at every turn.' - Booklist.
'Jack is a highly unoriginal reworking of a dozen other
down-but-not-out, reluctantly heroic lawyers who must fight
the good fight. The plot also feels pieced together, which
means the sum of the book's parts does not make a believable
whole.' - Library Journal.
Selected Reviews:
'Starred Review. Arvin's first legal thriller, The Will
(2000), generated excellent reviews. His second just might
kick him to a whole new level, critically and commercially. He
presents love, sex, money, power, and violence in an
irresistibly melancholy noir package in which redemption is
the motive but hell beckons at every turn.' - Booklist.
'Jack is a highly unoriginal reworking of a dozen other
down-but-not-out, reluctantly heroic lawyers who must fight
the good fight. The plot also feels pieced together, which
means the sum of the book's parts does not make a believable
whole.' - Library Journal.
This review
first ran in the June 15, 2005
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