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Title: Walking Money by James O. Born ISBN: 0-399-15169-9 Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group Pub. Date: 24 June, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.83 (6 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A solid debut effort
Comment: Florida state police Bill Tasker is in trouble. He is under suspicion for stealing over one and one-half million dollars. He knows he was framed but the question is by who? The reader, however, is for the most part well aware of who has the money- the greedy lawyer of a false preacher, the corrupt FBI agent, the corrupt cop or even a girlfriend- some still alive but some now dead. The money moves from place to place- hence the title of this overall successful debut.
There is a certain wacky sense of reality in this quite noir novel. One is almost reminded of the Elmore Leonard books (who just so happens to give a front cover blurb). The length is somewhat slight yet there is much repetition of the plot that reflects a novice's inability to stay focused on the storyline. The book, therefore, reads longer than it actually is. The characters remain the strength and raise this book among many other firsts this year. Most characters are realistic especially Bill Tasker. Others such as the lawyer Cole Hodges or the corrupt FBI agent, Tom Dooley are characatures but nonetheless remain interesting and viable creations. Overall an auspicious debut effort.
Rating: 5
Summary: Reborning of It¿s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Comment: Florida state police brass felt fellow officer Bill Tasker killed a cop, but wanted to avoid the messy scandal of an inquiry. Thus, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement transferred him from the West Palm Beach Field Office to the Miami Regional Center. Bill would have welcomed the investigation because he knows he did not kill the cop, but goes along with the bureaucracy because he does not trust the political hacks who run the department. Four years later, he still watches his step.
Former convict Cole Hodges embezzled one and half million dollars of money donated to Miami's Committee for Community Relief. Tasker investigates the shortfall. However, FBI Agent Tom Dooley decides to take the loot. To insure that he gets away with the crime and knowing he has the perfect pasty, he stuffs cash in Tasker's outdoor grill; Tasker is investigated and pulled off the embezzlement case. Police officer Rick Bema concludes that Dooley stole the money and set up Tasker to take the fall. Instead of turning in his findings, Bema makes a bid for a piece of the action.
WALKING MONEY is a wild Florida police procedural filled with cops coming down with gold fever while the only police officer who stays pristine becomes the prime suspect. Fans will think of It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World with everyone double crossing and chasing one another in pursuit of the embezzled funds. The bad cops make the tale a fun police procedural, but the tainted divorced Bill, father of a ten year old, keeps the tale focused so that the audience will appreciate a zany cynical ride.
Harriet Klausner
Rating: 5
Summary: This book sizzled along
Comment: This is the most compelling, fast paced, intelligent book I've read in a year. The story of a cop framed by a FBI agent is funny, and feels like it really happened. A crooked reverend takes cash from the homeless but the FBI agent steals it. When things get hot he pins it on a Florida State agent.
This felt like a good movie. I coul;d see the action unfold and felt like the characters were fighting for their lives.
I loved this book and recommend it to anyone, not just readers of mysteries.
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Title: Loaded Dice (SWAIN, JAMES) by JAMES SWAIN ISBN: 0345463269 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 2004 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Tampa Burn (WHITE, RANDY WAYNE) by Randy Wayne White ISBN: 0399151818 Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group Pub. Date: 24 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Enemy (CHILD, LEE) by Lee Child ISBN: 0385336675 Publisher: Delacorte Press Pub. Date: 11 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Mr. Paradise : A Novel (LEONARD, ELMORE) by Elmore Leonard ISBN: 0060083956 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 13 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: The Narrows: A Novel by Michael Connelly ISBN: 0316155306 Publisher: Little, Brown Pub. Date: 03 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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