[Book Review] Tricked

Tricked by Alex Robinson

Back Blurb:

"TRICKED follows the lives of six people - a reclusive rock legend, a heartbroken waitress, a counterfeiter, an obsessive crank, a lost daughter, and a frustrated lover - whose lives are unconnected until an act of violence brings them spiraling in on each other."

That entire blurb is just one sentence. A very concise sentence (rather apt for the tight storytelling) mind you, one that almost gets it all correct, but I guess they wanted to save space for the six review quotes they had as well. Given the chance, a better blurb might read:

( TRICKED, Alex Robinson's sophomore work after his breakout hit BOX OFFICE POISON, is a slice-of-life tale of interconnectedness. The lives of six random people - a burnt out rock star, a counterfeiter, a daughter looking for her father, an obsessive-paranoid off his meds, a waitress who keeps making bad decisions, and an office temp in the right place at the right time - are slowly intertwined until the final pivotal moment they are all brought together. Filled with love, discovery, and people you see on the streets everyday, TRICKED continues Robinson's knack for producing real people behaving as real people and letting everything else fall into place. )