Hell's Half Acre by Will Christopher Baer

This book is the concluding portion of Baer's Phineas Poe trilogy. Poe started his miadventure after having his kidney stolen by a femme fatale named Jude. He's finally caught up to her in San Francisco. In order to kill a man they've been chasing, Jude and Phineas become tangled in a bizarre snuff film. John Ransom Miller, a wealthy man, is filming a stream of consciousness snuff film within a movie.
Without giving specifics away, the premise becomes strained at times. Why are Phineas and Jude allowing themselves to be willfully manipulated? Jude is an expert killer, yet she can't find a way out of what seems to be a simple situation...
Phineas rides a drug-addled wave of paranoia, chasing ghosts and leads, trying to find the answers he needs.
The second installment of the series, Penny Dreadful, worked far better with the stream of consciousness delivery. The final installment feels like more of the same. Plenty of f-bombs thrown in for edge, witty Tarantino-style dialogue, and an ending that feels somehow forced yet satisfying.