It’s Hard Out There

In Gammy L. Singer’s second entertaining “Landlord’s Tale” mystery, Down and Dirty, entrepreneurish ex-con Amos Brown tries to prove that a friend is innocent of murdering a scoundrelish pimp, while he also deals with the political fallout from the death of a powerful drug lord.

In her well-considered review that appears today on January Magazine, contributing editor Cindy Chow tells us why it’s hard out there for a landlord and why, beyond that, there’s a lot in Down and Dirty to like:

While the plot of Down and Dirty moves along quite swiftly, the characters, distinctive to their setting, are the ones who command this yarn and make it so memorable.

The review is here.