The story has elements of a classic western, yet it definitely is contemporary urban. It's a great companion for summer vacation down time reading. The language is also contemporary urban. It is the language of the streets, the working class - consistent with the characters backgrounds. The books takes you to those streets of San Francisco much as the Dirty Harry movies, Bullet, or the TV show called "The Streets of San Francisco." It has elements of the classic paperback novels of the sixties and the style totally puts the reader in that frame of mind. And yet, while it is contemporary, it spans probably three generations of experience through it's characters.

There is a tipping point to novels like this one. The point where the story just demands you don't put it down. You have theories about how it's going to end and you just can't take a break from it till you find out which way it's going to go down. For me, around 30%. Once I had read that far, I knew my kindle wasn't leaving my hands till I finished. Great characters, superbly described scenes, and great action.