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Title: Under the Color of the Law by Michael McGarrity ISBN: 0-451-41044-0 Publisher: Onyx Books Pub. Date: 02 July, 2002 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.8 (15 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Colorful characters and a new direction
Comment: When I finished this novel from Michael McGarrity in the continuing saga of detective Kevin Kerney, it tooks me a few days to formulate how to write this review. All of it was positive and I couldn't be happier with the novel, however, I didn't know what angle to expound on that hasn't been discussed so many times about his prior novels.
Then it dawned on me. It was a departure from the norm of these novels. Certain loose ends were tied up once and for all, the ending wasn't what one would expect...that is, it wasn't neat and tidy. Also Kerney has progressed quite a bit, and author McGarrity introduced new ideas that surely will breathe life into the main character and makes for many sequels down the road.
But most importantly was the introduction of many new characters. While this was and still is a Kevin Kerney novel, McGarrity debuts several new characters in this installment, and I was surprised how fleshed out they all became. In some aspects this just wasn't a Kerney novel. Two other detectives come into their own and a good deal of written word was on the following of their exploits. It was like reading the same novel from 3 different and varying perspectives which was quite unique. Only at the end was it clear they were all after a common goal, and it was done brilliantly.
Again, the ending was a nice change. The CIA and a covert black-op organization aren't always fighting for good, or are they? The events that unfold force the reader to constantly re-evaluate the 'color' of law, and even though this novel takes place in New Mexico...events taken place here will shape how US policy effects other regions and Kerney's decisions he will never know what ball he sets in motion.
Great read!
Rating: 4
Summary: An afternoon well spent
Comment: I opened the package and read through to the end of the novel. It is a good Kevin Kearney novel, but not the best. But what's a fellow to do when there is precious little else available until the summer books hit the stands. This novel shows the value of looking at other/older works by an author; it also demonstrates what the critics mean by growth. McGarrity is indeed getting better as he works out his character . Later installments have demonstrated an interesting extension of personality threads that show up as ideas teasing his mind in this novel. I am a bit off-put by the "black helicopter" paranoia, but perhaps that's just part of the general world view of the 2001-02 era.
Rating: 4
Summary: Expanded View
Comment: McGarrity's hero has to take on a much expanded view of the world, and the law enforcment community, in this outing.
When the wife of a high US government official is murdered
in Sante Fe, the crime scene is quickly filled with various
agents of the US, who all push aside the local police, citing
some vague need for "national security." It all sounds a little
too much like a glossly cover-up, so the hero and his top police
aides dig in and try to uncover the truth, all the while having
to work under the radar of the FBI. And as the investigation goes on, some of the federal investigators seem a bit too cold-blooded, keeping too many secrets, to even be FBI types.
The local cops begin to suspect a conspiracy, and they uncover
the disturbing fact that even they are under surveillance by
the feds.
It's a real law enforcement mess, and the author must know about
jurisdictional arguments and fights, with multiple agencies, and
even over-lapping court jurisdictions, because he does such a nice job of presenting the frustration felt by many local authorities.
The range of the problems explored is a bit large, and it does
take the reader away from the beautiful New Mexico settings
favored by author McGarrity, but it is still a very nice mystery. The pace is good, and the reader will keep wanting to
move forward.
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Title: The Big Gamble by Michael McGarrity ISBN: 0451410998 Publisher: Onyx Books Pub. Date: 05 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Judas Judge by Michael McGarrity ISBN: 0451203607 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 08 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Hermit's Peak by Michael McGarrity ISBN: 0671021478 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Serpent Gate by Michael McGarrity ISBN: 067102146X Publisher: Pocket Star Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Mexican Hat by Michael McGarrity ISBN: 0671002538 Publisher: Pocket Star Pub. Date: 01 June, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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