Hand Yelling Denise Hamilton's Damage Control

This is a fabuous suspense novel. Hands down. I love the theme of how the past informs the present - of how you have to come to terms with that past if you ever hope to move forward.

The characters are terrific - including LA which is a character in its own right. For me personally  fact that the main character is a bit fragrance obsessed made me all the more fascinated - as is the fact that she's in PR - which is tangetially connected to the advertising biz whch I know well.

 It's getting such great praise I think the things other people are saying about it are worth repeating.

 

• "Denise Hamilton scores her largest and greatest triumph: Damage Control is a great mystery, and, much more rarely, a superb psychological thriller. Kudos to this brilliant talent." -- James Ellroy
• "A riveting stand-alone thriller. . . . In a novel that marries celebrity culture, surf noir and the bonds of friendship, Hamilton is at the top of her game." -- Kirkus Advance

 

•  "Excellent" -- Publisher's Weekly 

•  "highly suspenseful...highly recommend...Hamilton...is a master of L.A. Noir." -- Library Journal 

• "Hamilton provides an appealingly fallible protagonist, a keen sense of place, and a little romance and, although her plot has more twists and turns than Mulholland Drive, keeps the adrenaline pumping to the final pages." -- Booklist

 

Comments

[Iwriteinbooks.wordpress.com]

Ah, I'm not a huge thriller fan but this looks well done and I adore when cities play a character like role even when it's L.A. :0)

[Pasha Best]

I love thrilling stories and suspense,the post reveals good interest to read on the novel.
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