From start to epilogue, Boston Cream is a mystery thriller of insight, compassion, with an infectious sense of urgency that drives to a conclusion both real and satisfying.
Author Howard Shrier masterfully links the dialogue to the pace, the setting and the plot with an energy that makes readers feel they’re absorbing the story at a rate almost too fast to take in.
A brilliant surgeon is drawn into the underbelly of illegal organ sale and transplant. Why? He’s blackmailed, shown doctored photos of mangled, tortured victims with his son’s head transposed onto the bodies. Private investigator Jonah Geller opens a bloodied Pandora’s Box to solve the case. Intricately woven into the fabric of the horrendous story is the magnetic draw of self-righteousness — and the universal balm of money.
I suggested in an earlier column that Shrier was an author to watch. In Boston Cream, he’s arrived. — Don Graves, Hamilton Spectator
