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Featured in The New York Times Magazine!
Winner of the PWA Best First Private Eye Novel Competition
At first, Rachel Vasquez found her new job working for private detective Clayton Guthrie promising. He got her a gun and a license and took her to target practice. But lately she's just been doing surveillance, and it's not her idea of an exciting time. She is contemplating quitting when Guthrie lands an intriguing case that will take all their wits and guts to solve.
Camille Bowman, a beautiful blond Columbia student and Manhattan heiress, is found dead, shot by a gun that belonged to her fiancé Greg Olsen, an Afghan war veteran. Guthrie is hired to prove Olsen's innocence, and fortunately he thinks Olsen smells clean. The detectives return to the scene of the crime where they see a vagrant who claims he heard the shots and picked the girl's wallet. Tiring of their questions, the vagrant flees, and Vasquez and Guthrie must track a man who's an expert at disappearing while also butting heads with the NYPD, cracking doors at Columbia University, and crawling through the city's subterranean tunnels.
To complicate matters, the murder could be part of a spree of killings being called the Barbiedoll murders, in which women are killed for no apparent reason and with no suspect in sight. The NYPD would like to pin them all on Olsen, and his life will depend on Guthrie and Vasquez catching the real culprit. In a race against time, the detectives gather clues that culminate in a bloody chase of one very determined and surprising killer.
Cuts Through Bone is a suspenseful ride, a novel that is atmospheric, stylistic, and gritty to boot. In Vasquez and Guthrie, youth and brashness meet experience and resolve, making for one of the most intriguing PI teams around. Debut author Alaric Hunt has penned a riveting hardboiled mystery, a contemporary story with the feel of a classic PI novel and a scope as large and complex as New York City, and even reaching beyond.
- Sales Rank: #1002784 in eBooks
- Published on: 2013-05-14
- Released on: 2013-05-14
- Format: Kindle eBook
From Booklist
Rachel Vasquez, PI Clayton Guthrie’s rookie operative, is thrilled when the pair is hired to investigate a Columbia University student’s murder, mainly because it offers respite from the interminable training exercises Guthrie has been giving her. Camille Bowman was killed with her war-veteran boyfriend’s gun, and, because the crime matched the profile of an active serial killer, the NYPD suspects Greg Olsen of the entire spree. Guthrie and Vasquez, hired to establish Olsen’s innocence, agree their client seems an unlikely killer, but Guthrie knows it’s easy to be deceived. They follow the trail of the case from a subterranean vagrants’ hideout through Columbia’s Greek scene, checking out along the way Camille’s past trysts and Greg’s Afghan War tours. Publisher promotions highlight the author’s current incarceration, but this debut mystery, a PWA Best First Private Eye Novel Competition winner, doesn’t need a shocking authorial backstory. Hunt’s enticing investigators invite a series, and the red-herring-riddled gumshoe story explodes into a climax rivaling those of Robert Crais and Ridley Pearson. --Christine Tran
Review
“Chandler-esque metaphors dot the narrative….Hunt executes well…the character of Vasquez, her sibling tensions and her existential struggles.” ―New York Times Magazine
“Sometimes, a crime novel grabs you on the first page with its plot. Sometimes, it's the writing. Rarely is it the author's background. But in 'Cuts Through Bone'..., Alaric Hunt hits the trifecta in his debut. Hunt, a native of Kentucky, has been serving life in prison in South Carolina for arson and murder since 1988. In 2010, he looked through a copy of Writer's Market in the prison library and saw a listing for the Private Eye Writers of America contest. The result was his victory for best first private eye novel. And what a novel....Hunt, absent from the outside world for a quarter century, infuses this novel with strikingly rich descriptions of his characters and settings....'Cuts Through Bone'...shimmers with intelligence as it melds the beautiful with the profane. A work of keen originality by a writer of profound power, Hunt's debut offers moving testimony that steel bars can imprison the body but not necessarily the mind, nor the heart.” ―Jay Strafford, Richmond Times-Dispatch
“Hunt's enticing investigators invite a series, and the red-herring-riddled gumshoe story explodes into a climax rivaling those of Robert Crais and Ridley Pearson.” ―Booklist
“Despite its modern touches, Hunt's down-and-dirty debut harkens back to Sam Spade and other classic private eyes.” ―Kirkus Reviews
“Debut author Alaric Hunt has a winner in Cuts Through Bone, a deeply compelling and colorfully gritty detective thriller with a truly unique pair of private detectives. Plot development is intense as Hunt ratchets up the tension to an explosive ending.” ―Fresh Fiction
“Get ready for one helluva ride. Cuts Through Bone is one hardboiled rip, heavy on Noo Yawk color, slam-bang action, and a breezy, slang-filled style that isn't afraid to strut its stuff.” ―Mystery Scene Magazine
“The plot is great. The vast amount of secondary characters is very accomplished....The last scene...is impressively written....[Hunt] says...he does not crave fame, and fortune is largely irrelevant, but that writing is emotionally satisfying. 'When I am writing a novel, I am outside this place,' he says. I have a feeling this impressive 'new' talent will be outside that place often in the future, putting down words that henceforth will have a place to go: a home, in a book, in a world that sometimes feels like a dream.” ―Curtis Dawkins, BULL
“Alaric Hunt delivers a tour de force in his debut outing, complete with a great pair of PIs and a gritty view of New York City guaranteed to astonish even those who swear they know Manhattan. Oh, did I enjoy this book!” ―William Kent Krueger, New York Times bestselling author of Ordinary Grace
“Cuts Through Bone delivers a memorable detective duo on a breathless chase for a killer with a haunting motive.” ―Julie Kramer, national bestselling author of Shunning Sarah
“Cuts Through Bone demonstrates why PI novels are always in style, especially when they feature a detective team you won't soon forget. You can't fail to enjoy this book. It is engrossing front to back. Alaric Hunt has the magic touch.” ―John Lutz, New York Times bestselling author of Pulse
“A great big mystery featuring a hard little detective and his tough young sidekick. This book cuts deep and sure.” ―Michael Wiley, Shamus Award-winning author of A Bad Night's Sleep
“Cuts Through Bone grabbed me on the first page, wouldn't let me go, and I was glad for the ride. Vasquez and Guthrie are the kind of characters I'll spend my day with anytime. Pick up this book; this is a series you'll want to be in on from the beginning.” ―S.J. Rozan, Edgar and Dilys Award-winning author of Ghost Hero
“Detective Clayton Guthrie is a middle-aged clone of Dashiell Hammett's classic detective, with the stony heart softened. In prose crisp as Hammett's, with a pleasing lyricism, Cuts Through Bone tells a crackling-good, satisfyingly complicated tale of serial murder and revenge.” ―Robert Knightly, author of The Cold Room and editor of Queens Noir
About the Author
Alaric Hunt was born in Kentucky. He received a life sentence in 1988, which he is currently serving out in South Carolina. Cuts Through Bone was written in two longhand drafts and then typed on a typewriter. It is his first novel.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful.
Smart PI, Feisty Sidekick, Great Title
By Jacqui Murray
If you are tired of the typical thrillers from the usual voices, read Alaric Hunt's debut novel, "Cuts Through Bone" ( Minotaur Books 2013). Aside from the fact that the story deals with detectives, murdered innocents, and the good guys are flawed, there's nothing usual about this book.
The story deals with a gritty older detective who's breaking in a raw new female partner. As luck would have it, a serial murder falls in their laps so her learning curve accelerates and we get to see the many tricks of the trade that made our seasoned PI--Guthrie--survive as long as he has. He is sharp, school-of-hard-knocks smart, which he probably got from the author himself who's serving a life sentence in South Carolina. The plot, too, is smart, and complicated. Hunt cleverly peals it away like an onion, never too fast that you miss the fun or too slow that you want to stop.
That's not what will make you read this book, as appealing as the two characters and the plot are. It's the author's voice. It's so authentic, I don't know what he's saying 10% of the time. His scene descriptions put me right there, crawling through the sewers, sweltering in the New York heat.
So what don't I like? There are a few complaints I could make about most young new writers. First, the story's choppy. Part of that is because Hunt's writing style is jumpy. Not stream of consciousness, but definitely not smooth. He tries to weave the backstory into the plot and runs into a few bumps. Second, Guthrie has an astounding number of friends who owe him favors. Every time the story hits a snag, Guthrie comes up with a friend in high places who bales them out. Is that realistic? Maybe. Not sure. Third, there are oddly-phrased sentences. See if you agree:
* Guthrie's shot squeezed in between the lighter bullets like a zesty piece of roast beef sandwiched between two slices of plain light bread
* "You were doing something there that could get somebody shut up."
* As the afternoon declined...
* Steady running earned grudging passage from the trees...
By the way, I love the backstory on the title. I won't give it away, but think 'rich', 'historic', and 'worth waiting for'.
Because of newbie mistakes, I'd probably give this 3.5, but that's not available, so I'll round up. Alaric--you owe me half a point in your next book.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
Interesting book and interesting author
By Sandy Kay
You don't often read on a book jacket that the author is serving a life sentence -- that made me almost as interested in the author as I was in the book.
This is a first novel and the winner of a competition for first private eye novels. In many ways this book feels like an old-time hard-boiled private eye book. But Clayton Guthrie isn't one of those barely making ends meet hard luck detectives. He is on retainer from moneyed clients and has a reputation of being a good detective. The odd thing is that he doesn't work alone, he has a new apprentice who is a young beautiful Puerto Rican woman. Young pretty apprentices is apparently a regular feature because other characters often ask about his previous one. The other odd thing is that he (or Rachel Vasquez) drives everywhere, even in Manhattan -- because few people who grow up in the city learn to drive and because it usually is faster to take the subway because of traffic.
Guthrie is hired by one of his wealthy clients to determine whether Greg Olsen killed a Columbia student who is a family member of the client. In between and as part of the investigation, Guthrie is teaching Vasquez how to be a private eye. The investigation takes them from Ivy League university campus and the clubs where privileged young people party to the realms of homeless people deep under the city, up and down the length and breadth of Manhattan and into the outer boroughs and beyond.
There are some idiosyncrasies in the writing that take a little getting used to. Most of the time Guthrie is referred to as "the little detective" or something similar. I'm thankful that Vasquez didn't get the same treatment but much of the book seems to be largely from her point of view so perhaps that is how she thought of Guthrie. Also, later in the book one discovers where Guthrie came from and I was surprised because that didn't come through in his speech patterns.
I was fully engaged in the story for most of the book, though towards the end I thought the action got a little far fetched. (Or maybe I just didn't really get the killer's motivation enough.) For a first novel I thought it was really very good. I hope the author will continue writing.
I was curious (not to mention as little concerned about praising this book if it turned out he was a cold-blooded intentional killer) so I looked up the circumstances behind the life sentence. Apparently he and his brother, in their older teens, set some fires to distract from a robbery and someone died in the fire which makes it felony murder and thus the life sentence. Stupid senseless waste of lives but I felt better that the death wasn't intentional even if the action that lead to it was.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
Promising but lacking
By Neal Reynolds
Actually I recommend this novel because it did have a promise and fulfils some of that romise. The "short detective" does have enough of the Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe characteristics to keep the reader interested. And the plot itself is rewarding. I did get tired of the author's continual referral to the main character as "the short detective", but that's a very minor criticism. Other than that, I find little to criticize. However, I didn't find it to be above the 50/50 level of novels featuring classic noir type PI's. Even telling much of it from the young female protoge's viewpoint didn't elevate it that much.
The thing is that the book just plain misses something that would lift it out of mediocre. Nor can I truly identify just what is missing. However, I did discover a clue which, for me, explains just what undefinable quality is lacking.
The author is serving life in prison. We're told no more about him, and I couldn't find out any more from Google. However, I feel that the missing ingredient here is recent experience in real life. My theory is that his excommunication from normal life as we know it is subtly and unknowingly reflected in his writing just enough to cause him to withhold a certain living and breathing essence from his writing style. And so what could be an above average modern noir just doesn't quite make it.
And I think that's too bad, because the talent and the basic good idea is there. I honestly enjoyed this enough to want more, a continuation of the two primary characters. So while I felt this first installment to be lacking I do recommend it. This might not be one of the best PI stories you've read, but it is relatively good and enjoyable enough for mystery fans to read. And hopefully there will be more.
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