When you read a book written in the 40s you have to adapt to a different style of writing and a different way of thinking.
This is a typical example of a noir/hard boiled written in the golden age and there all the pros/cons of those books.
I loved it because it's an excellent book, dark and with a main character who is not likeable.
The descriptions of the Depression era are vivid, the characters are fleshed out and quite memorable.
There's plenty to love in this novel even if plot seems a bit too slow at times.
It was the first I read by this author and won't surely be the last as I loved it.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine