![]() ![]() While the outcomes, different for different characters, may become fairly obvious, the author is clever and fresh in his resolutions. The plot is up-to-date, the action is relentless and the characters are consistent in their language and actions. He returns to Minneapolis, carrying the seeds of an insidious conspiracy. His case takes him to New York, and entanglement with a company engaged in government contracted black ops. If he can solve the mystery of the deceased James Putnam, who appeared to have fallen to earth fully formed a mere three years before, he might escape serious censure. ![]() Award-winning detective Alexander Rupert, facing a potentially troubling appointment with a grand jury, suddenly discovers a possible way out of his dilemma. The story begins with an auto accident in which a man abruptly dies on a highway in Minneapolis. Intelligently constructed and almost perfectly written, this dark, dangerous and fast-paced noir thriller will be an example to study for budding writers in the genre. Following the success of his debut novel, The Life We Bury, author Allen Eskens has produced another winner. ![]()
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