This weeks Friday Forgotten Book was inspired by Bill Criders recent entry about the book Open Square
Let Us Prey is more of a thriller than a mystery or crime story, the story follows a a pair of hit men as they get caught up in a domestic terror plan to destroy IRS offices and disrupt the funding of the US government. Along the way there are twists and turns, and red herrings and all the kinds of stuff that makes for a solid page turner. There wasn't a lot of talk about this book in the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing, but it had an eerie resonance. I did check out Branon's follow up, which really didn't connect with me, but Let Us Prey has stayed in the back of my mind all these years, and is on my mental list of books that I need to re-read.
Thoughts, Comments, Conspiracy Theories?
3 comments:
I hadn't heard of this book or author before. Sounds interesting – what are his other books like, and why didn't you connect with them at the time?
What didn't I connect with, I really don't recall. I read his second (and it looks like last) book when it came out in paperback. As I recall it was just lacking an element that let us prey had, an energy and feeling of everything falling in to place. I think also that the lack of more books. it sounds like Let Us Prey was expected to be a block buster and wasn't, then Devils Hole, his second book, didn't do anything either-- and that was the end of the writing career. Of course if anyone out there has any other info I'd love to hear it.
Sorry, Eric. A confusing week.
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