Malcolm Mackay

Ellroy is a modern master of making his characters interesting instead of nice... [The] distinct Ellroy style—staccato, slangy—can make even a slow plod through exposition seem like a harried sprint

Malcolm Mackay

A Thread of Violence is a tantalizing book, forever reaching out toward ungraspable truths, fingers brushing against them before they slip away again. O’Connell is wandering through the unmapped wilds of the human psyche, in search of the unfindable. Interesting, intelligent…