Sandman Slim is everything Bobby Dollar tries to be... hardboiled, noir-styled, supernatural detective. It's moody, dark, first-person present tense, and the hero is just as much a jerk as you and me... if not even more so.
Synopsis
James Stark aka Sandman Slim has escaped hell, and he's the only living human to be sent there... and return. Bot now that he's back, he wants nothing more but his Jack Daniels, a smoke, and revenge on the bastard who sent him to hell in the first place. The same man who turns out to be responsible for killing Stark's former girlfriend.
Narration
Groveling but good. Now and again dipping into Chandler / Marlowe territory, but in the end, it manages to retain its own flavor.
Verdict
Good stuff. The protagonist may be overpowered, but lessee how that is handled in the sequels. Yes, eleven more sequels... At least I'll try book two 😁
One word of warning though, if you don't like first-person present-tense this one isn't for you...
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