The second novel from the author of Special Victims finds Chicago rookie cop Jake Phillips and his partner, Alex ""Mondo"" Mondello, tracking a vicious killer who could be a cop--but soon Jake begins to wonder if he can even trust his partner. 12,500 first printing.
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From Publishers Weekly
In his first cop thriller, Special Victims, Gaitano killed off his hero, making a sequel unlikely. But here rookie Jake Phillips, an important player in that book, returns to lead another look at Chicago's seamier side. Jake's partner, top homicide cop Alex Mondello (Mondo), becomes the major suspect in the murder of a much-hated fellow cop who was shot to death while acting as bodyguard for a small-time lawyer, also murdered, who ran a telephone sex business. Readers meet Mr. X, a sadist whose vicious conversation can drive even hardened sex-line ladies into whimpering despair, and who had it out for the lawyer. A connection between Mr. X and Mondo is established as Gaitano spins out a series of odd but believable coincidences that draw much of the cast into the same web. Gaitano continues to deliver the unexpected so that readers can't be sure that any characters, even the principals, will survive; he limns particularly well the fragile relationship between Jake and his debutante wife. The violent conclusion leaves the door open for a return visit by some members of this cast in Gaitano's promised third novel.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Realistic Chicago locales and characters, dirty politics, and police corruption lend credence to Gaitano's chilling suspense. The unknown Mr. X poses a taunting and self-assured threat to his victims: his appearances as a phone-sex freak and his behind-the-scenes manipulations of paid informants create chills and heighten tension. Detectives Jake Phillips and Alex Mondello (Special Victims, LJ 1/94) struggle hard to unmask him, especially after Alex, on the outs with his wife, is blamed for the murder of a sleazy cop. A wonderfully constructed police procedural, complete with excitement, violence, and nerve-wracking narrative interruptions. A fine choice.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Great cop story,
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Gaitano's skills as a writer are a level or two above most mystery authors. Great hard-boiled, fast-paced cop story. This author knows and writes about Chicago better than any other mystery/thriller writer.
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Dont waste your time,
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This review is from: Mr. X (Hardcover)
Having just finished this book id say-dont bother.Pulp fiction at its dreary worst,definetly for those who enjoy gratuitous mindless trash.Characters so stereotyped or simply detestable,the whole thing leaves you cold.I read this as a 'rest' between books of quality but why do i bother with modern populist bilge.Try Umberto Eco if you want modern quality or even Patricia Cornwell:ill stick to my Dickens,Nabakov,Dostoevsky,Joyce thanks all the same-and to think that a awriter like this might make a living producing 'writing' like this.Wow.
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Having just finished this book id say-dont bother.Pulp fiction at its dreary worst,definetly for those who enjoy gratuitous mindless trash.Characters so stereotyped or simply detestable,the whole thing leaves you cold.I read this as a 'rest' between books of quality but why do i bother with modern populist bilge.Try Umberto Eco if you want modern quality or even Patricia Cornwell:ill stick to my Dickens,Nabakov,Dostoevsky,Joyce thanks all the same-and to think that a awriter like this might make a living producing 'writing' like this.Wow.
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