RAWSISTAZ Review of First Of State by Robert Greer

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Reviewed: Aug 28, 2010

First Of State by Robert Greer
North Atlantic Books, October 2010
400 Pages, Hardcover, $24.95
ISBN: 1556439156
Genre: Mystery

RAW Rating: 4.0 (out of 5)

FIRST OF STATE by Robert Greer takes us back in time when a young CJ Floyd, stressed by all he'd seen and done, returned from Vietnam. He goes to work with his uncle who is a bail bondsman in Denver. After going to a pawn shop on Larimer Street and finding a friend in the owner; two men are murdered, the owner and a Chinese man. CJ's upset because the man, an amputee from World War II, gave him good advice about handling the depression he suffers from the war. Five years pass and there is still no solution to who killed the men. He decides to continue searching for the killer even though his uncle suggests he leave it alone but CJ just can't let it go or die. He begins checking out small clues about the people who look to be innocent. Will he be able to solve the mystery? Can he survive the tragedies that occur as a result of his search for the elusive killer?

Robert Greer has done it again in this prequel. He introduces us to a young, inexperienced CJ Floyd who has much to learn from his uncle who has a lot to teach him. FIRST OF STATE, which refers to license plates which were the first plates of their state and are now expensive heirlooms, is a real page turner. It keeps you wondering what could possibly happen next and if CJ will survive the evil people around him. It is a novel well worth reading. It keeps you on edge from the beginning to the end.

Reviewed by alice Holman, RAWSISTAZ.com
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Alice Holman is an avid reader, a writer and a community activist. She lives in Galveston, Texas with her husband Ray.

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