Flashout
Sleek ... Roars from New York City sleaze to sun-dazed Los Angeles guilt ... Exhilarating ... The dual narration is a structural delight. Young Allison’s chapters are written in propulsive, breath-hot first person ... Pacing is tight ... The principal players are deftly drawn, convincing in their messy fallibility.
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Ms. Soloski sidesteps melodrama to stage scenes of panicked violence as shocking as they are short-lived ... As the past closes in on Alison’s uncertain present, the current of suspense running through the novel gathers momentum. We glide toward the final showdown, anxious for a haunted fugitive who demands our attention and, surprisingly, wins our sympathy.
Though not for the faint of heart, this is a barn-burner of a novel that will compel readers to consume it in great gulps.
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