Red Rain

by Michael Crow

Book Overview

Luther Ewing is like no other cop. Half-Vietnamese, half-black, he's "a complex brooder, scarred by his past, emotionally distant-but exactly the kind of man for those nasty jobs no one else is... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670030902
• ISBN13: 9780670030903
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Viking Books
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Wow. Some of our "resentments" are starting to show.

Well. I thought it was pretty good. Most reviewers sound like an ex . . . "How dare you?" and "We're supposed to be impressed by THAT!" and along the lines of "if you had any guts you would come out from behind that nom de plume." I like Luther Ewing, don't care that he's half black-half vietnamese, has the usual arrogance for authority that . . . let's see, Joe Pike, Spenser, Robicheaux, Hawk, Lucas Davenport, Frank Corso and Sunny Randall have, likes to have sex (wow; what an anomaly), and knows his guns. The anti siezure drugs have me a little perplexed but, what's your point? I think the guy behind Michael Crow wanted to test his limits. People get irritated that he does that and I suspect it was a little too heavy handed that crap about 'he's really an international author blah blah.' Sounds like one of those 'game show annoncers.' But that's a publishing decision. The guy goes to his publisher and says "I want to do this, will you back me?" and Pub says "yeah but we want to make some dinero on it so we're going to do it this way." That's what went down. Viking didn't want to spend muy bucks on some author's whim. You guys are nuts. So I give it 5 stars. Exciting dialogue. Good plot, and yes, the guy knows his street slang (I think only Pelecanos does it better) and his guns. Interesting character. I've read them all. I got no beef, dog. Larry Scantlebury

The mysterious Michael Crow has arrived...

I can't tell you very much about Michael Crow, other than that is not the real name of the award winning writer who wrote Red Rain, but I can tell you about Red Rain, the highest rated book of the year to date and an "E Ticket" ride from beginning to end. The speculation within the mystery writers community as to who is Michael Crow is now overshadowing a great read and increasing the value of any signed edition. And to mention on the QT this is the first in a series of two books with a movie deal in the working.Now all the frosting aside and down to the real dessert, this book grabbed ahold of me from the very beginning where we meet the lead character, Luther Ewing, who passes for Indian as in American warpaint and all, but who is the child of mixed blood, a veteran of the Gulf War and ex-mercenary, and now a narcotics cop fighting the good fight. Luther's past all of a sudden no longer is in the past and his journey is what this whole book is about. Crow has created a dark hero in Luther Ewing, with real problems real aggression that people can relate to. I eagerly await the next chapter and I dare say, so will you.

Lock and Load

Luther Ewing is a Baltimore cop with a bad attitude, and a nasty sense of humor. The thing he has going for him is that not even his partner knows how bad.This book rocks from beginning to end. It is written by an author who not only knows his subject, but one who knows how to write. Lots of guns. Lots of plot. Loads of fun. For a great time, Read this book.

Well-written action/thriller

This book is written in a gripping, realistic style that always seems believable, no matter how extraordinary the events become. The author clearly knows a lot about what he's talking about. I couldn't spot any innacuracies when it came to police procedures, forensics or weaponry (all too rare). Beyond that, it's entertaining and sets up some neat moral questions that, if they're not all answered in this book, promise some interesting opportunities for character development in future novels. I loved every moment of reading this book!

sensational crime thriller

There is nobody like Luther Ewing AKA Five-Oh on the Baltimore County Police Department. He's a narcotics detective whose heritage of a black father and a Vietnamese mother makes him look like the suspects he busts. He served in the Army's Special Forces in the Gulf War. After he left the service, the CIA hired him to work as a mercenary in Bosnia. He saw and did a lot of things that changed him and he came home wearing a metal plate in his head and has to take medication so he won't go into seizures. He thinks the past is behind him but when pure heroine starts showing up on the streets and a Russian gun is killing cops, he knows his old friend Vasilly is in town.. Vasilly is a former Soviet Special Forces soldier who served with him in Bosnia. Five-oh knows that the Russian must be taken out but he also believes he must go outside the law to do it. This is Michael Crow's first crime thriller and it is simply sensational. The protagonist is an anti-hero who believes justice and the law are not always compatible and is not afraid of being a maverick to make sure the scales tip towards justice. RED RAIN starts out at supersonic speed and just keeps moving faster towards the shocking finale.Harriet Klausner