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The Cemetery Vote edition by Steve Silkin Literature Fiction eBooks

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The Cemetery Vote edition by Steve Silkin Literature Fiction eBooks

They have a saying in Chicago, "vote early and vote often." Whether voter fraud is a significant issue in the United States is a highly contested issue with no statistics, but frequent allegations. Google "voter fraud statistics" if you're interested. I thought the plot of this book, a conspiracy to fix an election by paying people to vote in place of now-dead, but still registered voters, made for a clever political thriller. The idea isn't overused and seems plausible.

Generally, I found the story entertaining and thought it flowed well. However, there was one glaring exception. This was the introduction of some back-story about the childhood of one of the other major secondary characters, ex-policeman Dan Vienna. It is back-story needed to move one of the plot sub threads to conclusion, but involved taking a long tangent in the middle of a scene, disrupting the flow of the story. As done, it also seemed too convenient. Giving us all or most of this back-story throughout the book would have worked better. That way, when needed, it would have seemed more natural and not required disrupting the narrative.

The main character, Jace Kingman, is a drug dealer who, in the beginning, is also a user, of both drugs and people. Disliking Jace would be easy except he realizes early in the book that he needs to change, which makes him more sympathetic. He falls into the voter fraud conspiracy without fully realizing he's trading one problem for another until it is too late. Whether Jace can turn his life around, despite the situation he finds himself in, is the crux of the story.

**Originally written for "Books and Pals" book blog. May have received a free review copy. **


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The Cemetery Vote edition by Steve Silkin Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews

Like Silkin's other work, The Cemetery Vote is a wonderful read, almost old-fashioned in that it features interesting characters doing interesting things, the way books used to, back in the day. The writing itself is far from stodgy though, and the plot moves along at a good clip. The matter-of-fact seediness of life in Los Angeles is sympathetically yet realistically rendered throughout. All in all, very enjoyable stuff.
Author Steve Silkin did an amazing job with this--producing a well-told and fast-moving story about life, politics and redemption in 1990s Southern California.

I especially enjoyed Silkin's characters and how he used them--just as much as he used events--to drive the story.

As a former political reporter-turned novelist myself, I'd love to see Silkin take on some of topics we've been confronted with in the far less heady days of the 21st century.
EXploring the worst of doing the wrong things for the right reasons. This was a quick read. I don't want to know how close this comes to truth.
This was a good read. Especially in light of our chaotic elections that just occurred. The characters are all cohesive and fit well in the storyline.
Fast paced, interesting Kept my attention the entire way through the story.
Particularly enjoyed the nice pacing on a relevant topic, full of plot twists and congruities that amusingly demonstrate how oddly the world works and intersects. Those aspects of divergent worlds colliding seemed very genuine to me. Only thing missing from this story was a genuine BAD guy- everyone seemed pretty nice, in the end...good Job Mr. Silkin
With the events unfolding after the last election, Silkin's story is entirely too believable. The way the two main character's lives intersected was well written. Tying them together with noticeable events (like the return of the Space Shuttle - an obviously noticeable event) helped demonstrate how many divergent lives can be happening in the same space with no one taking notice.

Good light reading for mystery buffs.
They have a saying in Chicago, "vote early and vote often." Whether voter fraud is a significant issue in the United States is a highly contested issue with no statistics, but frequent allegations. Google "voter fraud statistics" if you're interested. I thought the plot of this book, a conspiracy to fix an election by paying people to vote in place of now-dead, but still registered voters, made for a clever political thriller. The idea isn't overused and seems plausible.

Generally, I found the story entertaining and thought it flowed well. However, there was one glaring exception. This was the introduction of some back-story about the childhood of one of the other major secondary characters, ex-policeman Dan Vienna. It is back-story needed to move one of the plot sub threads to conclusion, but involved taking a long tangent in the middle of a scene, disrupting the flow of the story. As done, it also seemed too convenient. Giving us all or most of this back-story throughout the book would have worked better. That way, when needed, it would have seemed more natural and not required disrupting the narrative.

The main character, Jace Kingman, is a drug dealer who, in the beginning, is also a user, of both drugs and people. Disliking Jace would be easy except he realizes early in the book that he needs to change, which makes him more sympathetic. He falls into the voter fraud conspiracy without fully realizing he's trading one problem for another until it is too late. Whether Jace can turn his life around, despite the situation he finds himself in, is the crux of the story.

**Originally written for "Books and Pals" book blog. May have received a free review copy. **