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Title: Money to Burn by James Zagel ISBN: 0-399-14891-4 Publisher: Putnam Adult Pub. Date: 27 June, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 (20 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Engaging Crime Story -- Cover To Cover Reading Pleasure
Comment: Judge Paul Divine decides to rob the Chicago branch of the Federal Reserve Bank mostly because he wants to taste the thrill of "getting away with it". He immediately considers his best friend Dave Brody, a fire department paramedic, who enjoys torching buildings and wants the feel of "life on the edge", to be a part of his plan.
During an equal opportunity case in his court in which the reserve bank is defending its policy, Paul believes he has found the remaining members of his heist "gang". He enlists Sergeant of the Guards Charity Scott and her husband electrician Trimble Young to help pull off the robbery. Both are angry with the bank's leadership for enforcing a little used rule on spouses working together. Now the team is in place and the plan is set with only the exact time for the caper to be decided.
The puzzling element of a judge, supposedly a model citizen and figure of trust, being lured by selfish forces to mastermind a felony, as well as involving others in his sinister plan, makes for spellbinding suspense.
James Zagel's debut novel is hard to put down. The reader finds enjoyment from cover to cover. Let's hope for much more from this promising author!*****
Rating: 5
Summary: Read This Book and Enter James Zagel's Chicago
Comment: Paul E. Devine, the voice of "Money to Burn," has done what nearly everyone has dreamed of - plotted the perfect crime, where he can make a big score and settle an old score and no one will get hurt. James B. Zagel, the voice of Paul Devine, has done what many others of us have dreamed of - written an appealing novel that is at once a fast-paced heist story and an interesting look at the human faces that comprise our most revered legal and financial institutions. Devine, a federal
district court judge, has had years of trying to affect justice while applying the law when he decides to exact personal justice by breaking the law. The planning, the crime and the inevitable aftermath are wittily and elegantly told, and the story holds many surprises for the reader. I especially liked the detailed rendering of people and places indigenous to Chicago; you can just tell that Zagel knows everything about the city and has a great affection for it, flaws and all. Or maybe he likes Chicago more for its flaws, the way I liked Devine more
for his.
Rating: 4
Summary: Call Central Casting, Please
Comment: As a former prosecutor, I enjoyed this book. A nice set-up, characters we are ambivalent about (good people don't rob Federal Reserve banks, do they?), a lot of tension, and one or two surprises. The book is satisfactorily written, but I did feel I was reading a particularly well thought-out back story for a screen play. By the end of the book, I was itching to cast the Hollywood stars to play this story on the big screen. I don't see why a movie based on Zagel's book shouldn't give John Grisham a run for his money. And if money to make the film is no object, my choices are: Paulie Devine: Jeff Bridges. Dave: Kurt Russell. Charity: Angela Bassett. Trimble: Brad Pitt. Plymouth: Andy Garcia. Prindiville: James Rebhorn. Corman: Brian Dennehy. Ellen: Patricia Clarkson.
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Title: Life Sentence by David Ellis ISBN: 0425194809 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 02 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Criminal Intent by Sheldon Siegel ISBN: 0451209532 Publisher: Signet Book Pub. Date: 05 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Prey by Michael Crichton ISBN: 0061015725 Publisher: Avon Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Absolute Rage by Robert K. Tanenbaum, Robert Tanenbaum ISBN: 0743403452 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 29 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Mission Flats by William Landay ISBN: 0385336144 Publisher: Delacorte Press Pub. Date: 26 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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