Customer Reviews
New Midlands Gumshoe - By: Don Nixon, 05 Sep 2002 
John Dalton is a real find for those who like gritty crime novels with touches of cynical humour.He takes the conventions of the "flawed gumshoe" thriller & gives it fresh twists with a page turner of a plot, some memorable characters & a private eye who engages our sympathy. Chandler`s "mean streets" usuallly
appear in New York or L.A. but here Birmingham is just as corrupt & sleazy & John Dalton`s work is on a par with some of the best American writers in the crime noir genre. I look
forward to reading what his private eye will get up to next.
Putting Birmingham Firmly on the Noir Map - By: Zulfiqar Ali, 25 Jun 2002 
Dope-fiends, pub-crawls, blues parties, a murdered prostitute, the falll guy lover, the grieving mother, the corrupt right-wing politician, and, among a cast of desperatos of various shades, the PI struggling to make sense of a senseless world. This is John Dalton's THE CITY TRAP, a rock-steady thriller debut that's as cocksure as a prostitute's cynicism. Dalton delves into the dark heart of Birmingham (More Canals than Venice!) with the instincts & tenacity of a blood hound, exposing the rot infesting the Second City. Enter his world at your own peril. You've been warned.
