The Pandemonium Of The Sun

I’ve had mixed success with the Hard Case Crime titles I’ve read. Fortunately, Richard Powell’s Say It With Bullets is just what I was expecting from the Hard Case Crime collection. Bill Wayne was shot by one of his army buddies while in China and left for dead. After a period of recuperation, he is back in the states and wants some answers. He books tourist bus trip to travel across the country, visiting each one of his old buddies on the way. He gets involved with the tour guide, who he knew as a kid and to make matters even more complicated, his old friends start turning up dead just as he meets up with them. The page turner is perfectly paced, very funny,  and highly recommended.