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The Good Guys and the Bad Guys,
This review is from: Gospel (Harpur & Iles Mysteries) (Hardcover)
The good guys are Detective Chief Superintendent Colin Harpur (and his girl friend Denise), and his boss Desmond Iles.The bad guys are Doug Webb - a truly low class criminal , Courtney Saquhar-Perry - a criminal of more elevated rank and good at organizing, and Ralph Ember - owner of a pub/club, where the low life likes to congregate. And in between these two groups are the informers who supply the good guys with the inside info on planned criminal activities and, in return, are cut considerable slack when doing wrong themselves. Foremost is Jack Lamb (and his girl friend Helen), who worked his way into a super trophy mansion and a remarkable collection of fine art, most of it stolen and now for resale. On a lower rung is Tony Towler, and also our friend Ralph Ember. Let the fun begin with a heist the police had been advised about. It turns problematic when Doug Webb?s son Martin is killed by Harpur. Webb needs revenge. Who blew the whistle? Maybe Denise, who is also friendly with Helen and could be the messenger go-between. She has to be eliminated. It definitely could be Lamb, but he is a few numbers too large to just blow away. No such problem with Towler, who quickly gets killed. But who can trust anybody? Saquhar-Perry plans a new heist at a bank. So let?s plant some desinformation to make sure the good guys are in the wrong place. Feed it to Towler, who will pass it on to Lamb, who will then inform Harpur. Towler can?t be found (remember, he is dead). You have to find a substitute. But who can you trust? What information can you trust? As a matter of fact - can Ember trust Webb? Can Saquhar-Perry trust Ember? Can anybody trust anybody? The author has written a tightly constructed mystery. After introducing the actors, he starts to apply the vise and squeezes the last bit of thought out of them. The result is a cliff hanger not to be missed. I just wonder why it took ten years for this book to make the trip from England across the Atlantic. We desperately need more books of this caliber!
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Brings Joy to the Mystery Reader,
By Thomas Edsall "Serial Mystery Reader" (Wash, District of Columbia USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Gospel (Vol. Book 9) (Harpur & Iles Mysteries) (Paperback)
James writes the best dialogue in current mystery fiction; his plots are superb; and his portrayal of police under siege is unequalled. James does not disappoint, and in "Gospel" he excels.
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Dark Masterpiece?,
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This review is from: Gospel (Vol. Book 9) (Harpur & Iles Mysteries) (Paperback)
Not many people, even on the other side of the atlantic, seem to know of these dark, cynical police procedurals by British writer Bill James(a pseudonym). Perhaps not to everyones taste(and slow to start), if you stick with it, it won't be long before you begin to feel the hairs on the nape of your neck begin to rise. A truly masterful and suspenseful novel.
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