Book Review - Follow The Money by Ross Cavins
Category Book Review Ross Cavins Follow The Money
I had the pleasure of receiving a review copy of Follow The Money by Ross Cavins recently. This ended up being one of those gems that I'd never find on my own, but am very glad I ended up reading. Cavins has a great sense of plot and dialog, and he did something that I'm not used to seeing in a book. Rather than have a single novel or a collection of unrelated short stories, he compiled a collection of short stories that all tie together with a common thread... money. Specifically, three million dollars that ends up moving from character to character in various ways, none of which were normal or expected.
What prompted me to accept this offer was that he mentioned that it had influences of Carl Hiaasen in it. If you know my reading tastes, you'll understand that I'll wait in line for anything by Hiaasen, Tim Dorsey, or any other crazed South Florida writer. While Follow The Money doesn't take place in Florida (but it does have the southern redneck vibe going on), it has the same character craziness, the same type of cons, and the same type of unexpected plot twists that I'm used to seeing by those authors. And once I finished each story and saw the money change hands, I was ready to start the next one to see how and where the money was going next.
Follow The Money was a pleasure to read. I hope that Cavins doesn't make this his only foray into writing, as I'd enjoy seeing more from him. They'd definitely be up there on my "to read" list.
Disclosure:
Obtained From: Author
Payment: Free
I had the pleasure of receiving a review copy of Follow The Money by Ross Cavins recently. This ended up being one of those gems that I'd never find on my own, but am very glad I ended up reading. Cavins has a great sense of plot and dialog, and he did something that I'm not used to seeing in a book. Rather than have a single novel or a collection of unrelated short stories, he compiled a collection of short stories that all tie together with a common thread... money. Specifically, three million dollars that ends up moving from character to character in various ways, none of which were normal or expected.
What prompted me to accept this offer was that he mentioned that it had influences of Carl Hiaasen in it. If you know my reading tastes, you'll understand that I'll wait in line for anything by Hiaasen, Tim Dorsey, or any other crazed South Florida writer. While Follow The Money doesn't take place in Florida (but it does have the southern redneck vibe going on), it has the same character craziness, the same type of cons, and the same type of unexpected plot twists that I'm used to seeing by those authors. And once I finished each story and saw the money change hands, I was ready to start the next one to see how and where the money was going next.
Follow The Money was a pleasure to read. I hope that Cavins doesn't make this his only foray into writing, as I'd enjoy seeing more from him. They'd definitely be up there on my "to read" list.
Disclosure:
Obtained From: Author
Payment: Free
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