The Black Song Inside by Carlyle Clark Review

Book BLURB: Atticus Wynn and Rosemary Sanchez, newly engaged private investigators, have seen the dark and violent side of life. Nothing, though, has prepared them for an explosive murder investigation that threatens to tear their relationship apart as they struggle to solve a case that could leave them in prison or dead.

Atticus’s manipulative ex-girlfriend bursts back into their lives wielding a secret about Rosemary’s family that she exploits to force the couple into investigating the execution-style slaying of her lover. The case thrusts Atticus and Rosemary headlong into the world of human trafficking and drug smuggling, while rendering them pawns in Tijuana Cartel captain Armando Villanueva’s bloody bid to take over the cartel.

The Black Song Inside is a vivid crime thriller rife with murder and madness, melded with gallows humor and the heroism of two flawed and compelling protagonists who, if they can save themselves, may learn the nature of redemption and the ability to forgive

BIO: Carlyle Clark was raised in Poway, a city just north of San Diego, but is now a proud Chicagolander working in the field of Corporate Security and writing crime and fantasy fiction. He has flailed ineffectually at performing the writer's requisite myriad of random jobs: pizza deliverer, curb address painter, sweatshop laborer, day laborer, night laborer, security guard, campus police, Gallup pollster, medical courier, vehicle procurer, and signature-for-petitions-getter.

He is a married man with two cats and a dog. He is also a martial arts enthusiast and a CrossFit endurer who enjoys fishing, sports, movies, TV series with continuing storylines, and of course, reading. Most inconsequentially, he holds the unrecognized distinction of being one of the few people in the world who have been paid to watch concrete dry in the dark. Tragically, that is a true statement.

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My Review:

It is hard to believe that I could laugh while dealing with such important issues, including war related PTSD. I thought that I would be upset through at this book, and then be relieved by the ending. This author has a fantastic writing style, and is very skilled. I was able to laugh at the characters, or at least at how they were described, and then immediately worry about Rosemary. The characters slowly made their way into my head, so much so that I was vested in their futures. The author is also very vivid in descriptions, and other writing. At times it was if I was looking at pictures, or seeing a movie. The mystery was also a great addition to the story, and I liked the ending, however I definitely want to read more about these characters. I am giving this book a 5/5. I was given a copy to review, however all opinions are my own.