Reminds me a
lot of the sleazy pulps by Orrie Hitt and to a lesser extent Lawrence Block
(written under his many aliases) by which the central character is adulterous
and without morals. Lust drives his desire for womanly conquest despite having
an attractive pregnant wife at home. True, there aren’t many redeeming
qualities to Wayne Ogden, a war vet of sorts who dealt in prostitutes and goods
prior to taking up a job at Collins Aircraft as the boss’ bodyguard nee
babysitter, but that’s the point – Ogden isn’t meant to be liked.
The story
heats up nicely when Ogden learns of a plot to remove him from Collins Aircraft
rendering him jobless. In a desperate bid to stop this from happening he uses
blackmail to damaging effect which not only lands in him hot water by the
company, but has the law sniffing around crying bloody murder.
THE
ADJUSTMENT is an interesting novel. It’s part pulp, part noir, part
exploitation yet easily readable with enough anticipation coming through to
balance out the slow building story. I would recommend this for fans of noir
and the sleaze pulps by Orrie Hitt.
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