Newly extradited to England from California on fraud charges, Philip Page teams up with maverick investigator John Raven to find out who has informed on Page in order to clear Page's name.
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From Publishers Weekly
The prolific MacKenzie ( Eyes of the Goat ; Raven's Revenge , et al) recalls a kind of "Boy's Life" mythology in this latest case for his solitary hero, former London copper turned sleuth-for-hire, John Raven. Raven, who lives on a converted Thames barge, agrees to help a lawyer friend, Patrick O'Callaghan, who believes he has been targeted by a financier recently extradited from California to his native England. Charged by an unnamed witness in a massive fraud case, Philip Page is out on bail and has said that one of two people must have sold him down the river. One of these is killed by a professional hitman; O'Callaghan has received a threatening tape suggesting he's the other. The details of the alleged fraud are never clearly laid out, nor is the odd legal concept of a clout-wielding anonymous witness made credible. MacKenzie also misses with his two main characters: Page, whose moral position is wisely shrouded, doesn't leap off the page with the force required of either an arch villain or deeply wronged victim, and Raven, often described as a "maverick," seems mostly a stereotyped--and outdated--figure of male juvenile fantasy.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
What made Dusty jump out the window, leaving behind a lovely home, beautiful clothes, two sisters, and parents who loved her? Detective Deb Ralston, reassigned briefly to Fort Worth's Sex Crimes Unit to cover a coworker's maternity leave, is determined to find the answer. She is also scheduled for major foot surgery, which leaves her high on painkillers but not so high she can't catch a rapist, soothe a neighborhood dispute, and discover what forced Dusty out the window. Deb also finally faces a disturbing truth about herself: her father molested her. Former policewoman Martin states in an author's note that she, too, is an incest victim and urges others facing this trauma to get help. Perhaps it is Martin's personal involvement in her subject matter that explains this book's didactic tone and heavy-handed style. The multivolume Ralston series is a winner and has an established audience, but this volume is a well-meaning aberration. Eloise Kinney
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