The Sausalito Ferry to Hell

A Sean O'Farrell Mystery, #2

Reeks: A Sean O'Farrell Mystery

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  • Mark
  • McCracken's
  • private
  • eye
  • novel
  • The
  • Sausalito
  • Ferry
  • to
  • Hell
  • features
  • San
  • Francisco
  • based
  • shamus
  • Sean
  • O'Farrell.
  • It
  • is
  • a
  • period
  • piece
  • set
  • during
  • the
  • 1930's
  • though
  • the
  • period
  • never
  • figures
  • into
  • McCracken's
  • narrative
  • in
  • an
  • important
  • way.
  • McCracken,
  • like
  • many
  • practitioners
  • of
  • this
  • style,
  • makes
  • great
  • use
  • of
  • setting
  • and
  • he
  • familiarizes
  • readers
  • early
  • on
  • with
  • San
  • Francisco
  • and
  • its
  • environs.
  • It
  • isn't
  • Raymond
  • Chandler
  • and
  • Los
  • Angeles
  • level
  • where
  • the
  • city
  • is
  • practically
  • another
  • character
  • in
  • the
  • novel,
  • but
  • McCracken
  • does
  • a
  • respectable
  • job
  • of
  • emphasizing
  • its
  • importance.
  • O'Farrell,
  • as
  • a
  • character,
  • is
  • a
  • mix
  • of
  • the
  • Hammett
  • styled
  • rough-hewn
  • private
  • investigator,
  • but
  • there
  • are
  • shades
  • of
  • Ross
  • Macdonald's
  • Lew
  • Archer
  • present
  • in
  • the
  • detective's
  • more
  • vulnerable
  • moments.
  • It
  • makes
  • for
  • an
  • effective combination.
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