Falls the Shadow was probably my least favorite Lasher mystery so far. It must have been written during the height of that stupid tee shirt craze where all that was written on them was Bob. Bob is a personification of six degrees of separation, the dentist to all the main characters, but also the source of good intentions gone bad. Maybe Victor Carl looks heroic because he is surrounded by such nasty supporting characters. In addition to pain inflicting Bob are his thug of a dental assistant, a corrupt defense attorney from the convicted killer who Victor is representing in his retrial, that "killer" Francois who makes porno movies, his wife who was the victim and her best friend who were party girls at a club owned by another disreputable slug. Oh and I left out the three drug addicted teenagers.
A cast of thousands of intertwining stories is what Lasher orchestrates the best, well, maybe a close second to his masterful nuanced humor. Even a bad Lasher is better than 99% of the mysteries on the library shelves.
On to Past Due, speaking of libraries.
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