Blood Men by Paul Cleave

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The fourth installment in Cleave's Christchurch Noir series, is written in the same unique first-person black comedy style as the previous novels. The reveals are, however, extremely unexpected and come at the reader like a sledgehammer. Not a book for all audiences, but classic Cleave. 4/5

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