From his superb noir Día de los Muertos (1997) through the first O’Higgins novel, Last Ferry Home (2018), Harrington has excelled at portraying damaged souls in a damaged world. He’s back at it this time and working at the top of his game. Click here to read the...
The origins of THE RAT MACHINE— a novel of mine being reissued by Polis Books concerning the CIA and the Italian Mafia— was born one rainy afternoon while I was reading THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH by William Shirer—a famous history of that Horror Time, a time...
Harrington’s “Last Ferry Home” is a sober police procedural with a surfeit of details that fans of the genre will savor. Were two children picked up at a neighbor’s home at 5:15 or 5:45? Why is a dagger, allegedly the murder weapon, smaller than the depth of the...
Last Ferry Home by Kent Harrington is a riveting novel of grief, obsession, recovery, and passion, as well as a gripping portrait of a man torn apart by loss but looking for something, anyone, to believe in. Click here to read the review
Harrington uses his trademark narrative jumps to heighten the suspense in this long-awaited return to his dark hometown turf. Click here to read the review
Respected noir veteran Harrington (The Rat Machine, 2013, etc.) returns with a tough and thoughtful novel about grief and its consequences. Click here to read the review
