Book Review: Wake Up Dead

Wake Up Dead by Roger Smith

This is a fast-paced book set in Cape Town, South Africa. It starts out as the story of Roxy Palmer but quickly expands to include two car-jackers ... then drug dealers, cops, former cops, and numerous innocent bystanders. The story is very fast and very violent. In a way it reminds me of A Simple Plan (by Scott D. Smith) ... where the action starts with a single decision and then spirals quickly out of control.

Overall, I enjoyed the book and finished it in only a couple of sittings. The blood and violence get to be a bit much at times ... but ultimately I wanted to know how it ended.

Note: I received this book as part of LibraryThing's Early Reviewer program.

Review originally posted to LibraryThing (LT review, 1/18/10) as part of its Early Reviewers program