Crow's Landing

Pace = 8 // People = 9 // Originality = 7 // World Building = 8 // Enjoyment = 8 // Relationships = 7 // Style = 8 therefore 4 stars I picked this novel up in a book sale and it cost me all of around $4. My expectations weren't too high going in and I only grabbed it off the sale shelf because it sou......more

Another great book I finished far too quickly! Crow's Landing by Brad Smith is the second book featuring Virgil Cain. I read the first book - Red Means Run - and was hooked. Virgil is still working his farm, but decides to play hooky one day and head out fishing in the boat he restored over the wint......more

It is no surprise to begin a review of a Brad Smith novel by saying that this is - yet again - an excellent thriller. As we begin, readers find themselves a few miles north of Athens - a small town located in New York State - with a man named Parson and his lady friend sailing on the Hudson River. Wh......more

Sometimes a protagonist has to go looking for trouble; other times trouble has a way of finding the protagonist. In the case of Virgil Cain, trouble usually finds him - - in spades. In a previous entry in the series, he was arrested for murder and had to break out of jail to exonerate himself. In th......more

Crow's Land­ing, the sec­ond Vir­gil Cain mys­tery after Red Run, is rife with lowlifes, tough broads, sleazy cops, crazy Rus­sians, drug deals, shoot-outs, and one hard-working pro­tag­o­nist try­ing to keep it all straight and get his boat back. Vir­gil is a arche­typal pulp hero, gruff enough to......more