Art is subjective.  Murder is brutal.  The two combined create a heady mix for a psychopathic cocktail.  A wash of Black is Chris McDonalds debut and what a poignant and as such is a breeze block straight into the chest.  The walk between functioning citizens and sanity is a knife’s edge.  I have read so many Crime and Police procedurals lately that it takes something truly remarkable to pull me in – the author caught me by the neck and yanked hard!  The prologue was like a defibrillator constantly restarting me…making me aware that what I was reading was true.  The crime was like an ice-cold fist gripping my heart. …