Book Review: No Quarter by Robert Asprin, Eric Del Carlo & Teresa Patterson
Authors: Robert Asprin, Eric Del Carlo and Teresa Patterson
Book: No Quarter
Genre: I’m going to say this one’s Crime Fiction
Julia Rating: 10
Comments: Okay, so when I received this book from the friendly folks at Dark Star Books, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I certainly didn’t think it was going to be a crazy whirl-wind tale of murder and intrigue in New Orleans. (Well, I did kind of guess the New Orleans part… I mean… just read the title.)
Anyway, I really enjoyed this book. I’m not usually a big crime fiction person beyond the occasional short story from Crimewavand CSI and Bones and detective novels… hmmm… maybe I do read a lot of crime fiction.
I digress… back to No Quarter. This book is a murder mystery which takes us deep into the world of the French Quarter, and believe me, the Quarter is it’s own little world.
The first thing to know is everyone in the Quarter goes by a handle. Like, some people call me “Scotty” (like “I can’t hold her much longer Cap’n”) because of my last name. Well, these handles get much more interesting than that. For example, the murdered woman is named Sunshine. Her ex is called Bone and a bar friend and confident is called Maestro. The list goes on.
The basic story is that when Sunshine is knifed with an ice pick in a dark alley, Maestro and Bone set out to find the killer. This leads them on a wild adventure in which they discover a lot about themselves, about each other and they find just how low the underside of the French Quarter really hangs.
So, I say, go ahead and check out No Quarter. I think you’ll enjoy it.
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