In Dirty Old Town, book one in the Shane Cleary Mystery Series, author Gabriel Valjan takes the reader behind the scenes of a riveting crime fiction as down and out ex-Boston cop turned PI Shane Cleary navigates the slippery slope of investigating a blackmail case and a missing person case, while trying to stay below the radar of the Boston PD brethren that he had betrayed.

Dirty Old Town is a riveting crime story that easily draws the reader in from the start. The author provides the reader with a fascinating and richly detailed crime thriller set in 1970s Boston. Told in the first person narrative by Shane, this gritty story has enough drama, secrets, deception, tension, and surprising twists and turns that keeps the reader guessing if Shane will be able to solve both cases, while dealing with backstabbing old friends, mobsters, and a variety of criminal types that try to hinder his every move. I loved the throwback to the 1970s decade, and I really appreciated reading about Shane's past. Dirty Old Town is a well-written, fast paced story that left me interested in finding out what Shane's next investigative adventure will be in the continuation of the series.

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