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The Start Of Something Wonderful!,
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This review is from: The Junkyard Dog (Paperback)
This was the second book of R.C. that I read. I first read The Cats Meow. I loved it so much that I found The Junkyard Dog...being it was the first of the Flannery mysteries. After I saw the titles of his books, I had to read each and every one. I wish R.C. would continue with the Flannery mysteries, I really enjoy them, even a second time. The other mysteries he writes are good also, but I am hooked on the Flannerys
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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The Junkyard Dog,
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This review is from: The Junkyard Dog (Paperback)
If you like Damon Runyon, you'll love Robert Campbell's Jimmy Flannery series, the first of which is The Junkyard Dog. Set in present-day Chicago, Jimmy's day job is sewer inspector, but he's also a precinct captain for the Democratic party, which isn't quite the bagman job it seems at first glance. No, Jimmy says, what he does "is provide services and favors for my people, which is like my family. I admit that I keep the idea in mind that they'll do me favor for favor when election time comes around."
Favors Jimmy Flannery does for his people include finding out who bombed an abortion clinic and killed his neighbor Mrs. Klutzman, who was volunteering at the clinic at the time. A truly original voice, wonderful secondary characters (like Jimmy's father Mike, who is Everyfather, squared), and the present-day Chicago setting makes you feel like you've just stepped off the plane.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: The Junkyard Dog (Signet) (Paperback)
Smart and tough, Jimmy Flannery sinks his teeth into a crime and doesn't back down or ease up. "The Junkyard Dog" is set deep in the trade-favors, watch-your-step world of Chicago politics. This is the street-level view, however, down in the trenches. It's hand-to-hand combat. Flannery's primary gift is being relentless. When an abortion clinic is bombed and two women are killed, one a volunteer and one a patient, Flannery takes to the trail like, well, a snarling dog. But he's also tender-hearted and a touch sentimental.
When his "old man" suggests he back off the case, Flannery takes deep offense. Steeling himself for what he's about to tell his father, Flannery contemplates his mood: "I lean forward over the oilcloth on the table so far my chin is almost on it, so I'll be sure my old man hears what I got to say since I'm so mad there's a plug in my throat which could choke me. The smell of the oilcloth reminds me of when I was a kid and I'd lean my chin on the table while my mother--God bless her and keep her--trimmed the crust off a pie." Ironically, it's Flannery who is left to fight off a mad Doberman and scary human attackers, too. Problems? He gets access a little bit too easily to key people and the official cops don't seem to be doing much to solve the case. We also never see him in action in his real job, sewer inspector. (Not that I really want to but still, how does he juggle the job and the investigation?) Nonetheless, it's fun following Flannery as he takes markers, gives markers and takes no prisoners. I know there are more books out there in the series and I plan to see what happens next. By the way, one of these reviews in this Amazon list makes no sense at all and must have been aimed at another book.
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