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The Last Goodbye
Reed Arvin

HarperCollins, 2004 - 352 pages

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The Human Condition

The authors insights, deprecating, honest and realistic, are delivered casually, almost as if from a swing on the front porch. It is this delivery that distinguishes his prose fromt the usual run-of-the-mill writer. His specialty is desperation and hope - two emotions that seem inextricably bound. This is yet another combination police procedural/mystery/drama with a dose of romance - just my cup of tea.

The hero commits a lawyer's fatal error by sleeping with a client who must then face the consequences of her actions. Years later he is a defender of the down and out whose hopeless squalid lives in the Atlanta inner city are wonderfully and bitterly portrayed. An old friend is found dead, a needle in his arm. Since he was once a drug addict the conclusion is suicide - something our hero refuses to accept. So begins the story.

Through a brilliant set of circumstances we are introduced into the world of opera and one diva in particular. Of course, the two fall for each other in a searing mixture of race (she is black), adultry (she is married) and secrets (she has lots). Along the way we meet one of his clients, Nighhawk, a bitter computer hacker who helps Hammond in discovering the truth of what really happened to his friend. The beauty of the book is the way it ties everything together even if the ending is a tad rushed. Reed Arvin is a splendid writer that I would encourage everyone to read.


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Five Stars

Very well written novel - about an attorney who has fallen from grace and his efforts to uncover plans by some bad people in Atlanta who intend to make a lot of money, taking innocent life in the process. Author is knowledgeable about the law, computers, Atlanta and its various social levels, and other things. Has a remarkable ability to describe locations and events graphically. Also injects some philosophy (reminiscent of the Travis McGee books by John D. MacDonald).











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Gripping

This book caught me from the first paragraph and it was one heck of a read after that. Great plot, lots of twists and action. Jack Hammond is so likeable a character with his honesty that he would appeal to anyone's humanity. Loved it and think Arvin is a very talented writer.


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Interesting Concept

Attorney Jack Hammond (white) sleeps with a client's girlfriend (Hispanic)who ends up dead. Jack is fired from his prestigious law fim and now scrapes by as a court-appointed attorney to petty thieves and small-time drug offenders. When his friend - a computer whiz ends up dead, Jack decides to do some investigating and ends up having an affair with a beautiful, married singer Michele. The plot thickens with the intrigues of Michele's husband and his connection to Jack's dead friend. THe novel was suspenseful and an interesting read, however I would hardly classify it as an interracuial romance.


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From the hot new suspense writer critics predict will have Grisham fans "switching their allegiance in midstream" comes a thrilling tale of love and murder set on the mean streets and in the sleek society haunts of Atlanta. . . .

Sleeping with a client's gorgeous girlfriend may have been the gutsiest move in Jack Hammond's formerly booming law career, but it wasn't the smartest. Booted from his elite law firm, Jack now scrapes by as a court-appointed attorney, his client list a revolving door of small-time drug offenders and petty thieves.

When his friend -- a computer whiz and former addict who'd brought his life back from the brink -- is found dead in his apartment with a syringe stuck in his arm, Jack knows something is very wrong.

Where the cops see just another overdose, Jack sees a murder. Investigating the case, he learns that his friend was obsessed with a beautiful singer -- who also happens to be half of the most popular power couple in Atlanta.

Talented and privileged, the spellbinding Michele Sonnieris nevertheless a deeply troubled woman, plagued by secrets. Against his better judgment -- and in a disturbing echo of his earlier fall from grace -- Jack is pulled further and further into her world, where he discovers more suspicious deaths, all pointing toward a mysterious cover-up.

A volatile tale of love, betrayal, and murder shot through with tenderness and poignant humanity, The Last Goodbye is a riveting thriller with a thunderously beating heart, a masterful page-turner that probes the meaning of love and the burdens of the past.


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