Following up on his successful Junkie Love, a book that I have not yet read but will now place on my reading list, Lamentation is the tale of a struggling Jay Porter in small town New England. Joe Clifford is a writer with a reputation for raw and genuine storytelling. More nuanced than your typical by-the-numbers detective story, with a truer to life ending. I think you’re in for a real treat.īottom line: This was a fairly short but compelling first-person narrative with a great protagonist. But he’ll need to strap on his thinking cap, call in a few favors, and step into the role of reluctant detective to crack this nut.

Now that they’ve got his full attention, he goes to track Chris down before any of those nasty individuals can lay their hands on him. Until the night he comes home to a ransacked apartment, and takes a hard crack to the noggin that lays him low. Jay’s not buying it though, he’s seen this song and dance one time too many. When confronted, Chris spouts more of those crazy conspiracies. There’s talk of a missing buddy, and a stolen hard drive containing some damning information. However, this time it looks like Chris may have gotten himself into a real pickle. But it’s hard to give up on family, especially when he’s all you got left. He’d like to wash his hands of him-erase Chris from his life once and for all. Jay’s had to bail him out of trouble more times than he’d care to remember. Doing whatever it takes to get to that next fix, and filling up his head with all kinds of nutty conspiracies. He’s barely scraping by out in the streets, wasting his life away chasing the high. Speaking of his brother, Chris has really hit rock bottom. His parent’s tragic accident clearly had a lasting effect on his brother, but it’s always easier to shirk the blame than face the truth. It’d be easy to blame things on a tough childhood. Working part-time as an estate cleaner, separated from his girl and their two-year-old boy. He’s over 30 now, still living in that ratty old place over the service station that was supposed be a temporary fix. Figured he’d be putting this sleepy little mountain town in his rear-view in no time flat, yet time’s a slippery fish. Everybody knew he was headed for big things. THE ESSENCE OF EVIL: Book Three of 'Angel's Luck.Jay Porter’s life is not exactly going according to script.

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Lamentation by Joe Clifford