The Bee Sting

There is no doubt: This is a five-star book. The Bee Sting has everything a modern reader wants in fiction including strongly compelling characters, impossible situations, and a realistic setting. There are secrets that hide other secrets that hide other secrets. The characters have nowhere to rest their weary heads. It's a dismal, grim, gritty, bleak, horrific book, and it is completely believable.

So. Do I recommend this book?

If you like dismal, grim, gritty, bleak, and horrific, I strongly recommend it.

If you are like me, however, and a book like this lingers in your gut like bad oysters, you might pass on reading it. I finished it days ago, and still, I feel a little queasy when I think about it.