51sJ6F7GvJL. SL160  The Big Splash by Jack D. Ferraiolo   ReviewThe Big Splash by Jack D. Ferraiolo

Jack D. Ferraiolo is the kind of mystic who speaks only in metaphor. In the foreground, his first novel, “The Big Splash,” is a parody of Raymond Chandler or Dashiell Hammett,a young adult version of a rain-soaked noir in which a self-appointed private detective, Matt Stevens, skulks his junior high, trying to determine who engineered the hit that ended the social life of “Nicole Finnegan, a k a Nikki Fingers, . . . a dream girl . . . the kind who caused nightmares. She was 12 but could have easily passed for 14.”

Children’s Books – Book Review – ‘The Big Splash,’ by Jack D. Ferraiolo – Review – NYTimes.com.

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