Book Synopsis:
Bent Met police detective DI Frederick Street rules as the ‘Sheriff of Shoreditch’ who loves shaking down the street goons he arrests.
Elvis Street is the son who cannot stand his father for being the balls-out crook he caught in bed with his girl.
Elvis wants to take Frederick down and end him forever.
Neither father or son realises how much the other understands what controls them.
Neither father or son will ever back down.
Night Time Cool is the story of why?
Night Time Cool is available now in kindle and paperback. You can purchase a copy of either using the link below.
My Review:
Night Time Cool is an intriguing, unusual read that reminded me in part of the club’s I used to visit in my teenage years.
The setting of this book is vividly described so that the reader feels they are really there in the night club experiencing everything first hand. I felt that I could feel the throb of the crowd, the energy they would have given off and the beat of the loud music. There is quite a dark, seedy undertone to the book that revolves around this scene with a lot of the characters seeming to be involved in drug taking or prostitution. Most of the characters are hugely unlikeable but seemed quite realistic and in keeping with other similar stories I have read.
The plot is quite fast paced and fairly hectic with the characters bouncing continuously from one situation to the next which definetly kept me entertained. Some of the scenes were quite uncomfortable to read about but I was so absorbed with the story by that point I couldn’t look away even if I wanted to.
The style of the book is quite unusual and it took a little time for me to get used to. It reads a bit like a stream of consciousness and is littered with street lingo which was a tad confusing to begin with as I have no experience of it. However I soon got used to it and I felt it further helped add to the seedy, night time world the author has created.
Night Time Cool is the author’s debut novel and the first book in a planned trilogy. It will be very interesting to see where the author takes this story.
Huge thanks to Anne Cater for inviting me onto the blog tour and for my copy of this book.
About The Author:
Jamie Paradise writes all his stuff in a darkened mansion filled with the cadavers of ancestors
The Observer says of Night Time Cool: “Paradise conveys the sheer thrill of partying beautifully; he writes of a piece of music that: ‘It wailed, it reprised, it was a choral hymn a kaleidoscopic, sensate burst of everything right now…'”
Simon Mayo’s Books of the Year podcast: “Like John Niven, Jake Arnott – I really enjoyed it – very much worth your time.”
Mail on Sunday: “A punchy streetwise caper, packed with memorable characters.”
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