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William G. Tapply is one of the best writers out there today. His series character, lawyer Brady Coyne, is back with another case. Brady is asked by his friend, former NBA player Mick Fallon to help him fight a divorce which his wife Kaye wants. When Kaye is found murdered, Mick is the likely suspect. Brady's investigation turns up things in Kaye's life that are contrary to what most people believe about her. Tapply does a super job in drawing the character of Mick Fallon, who has a quick temper and a gambling problem. The plot is strong, as usual. This, the 16th Brady Coyne novel, is one of the best in the series.

If William G. Tapply's books were published in paperback, they'd be flying off the bookshelves. Why aren't they??? Every Brady Coyne novel I've read has been a thrilling adventure. Read any one of them (this one included). You won't be disappointed.

When Mick Fallon pleaded with his friend attorney Brady Coyne to represent him during his wife's divorce proceedings, he swore he did not want to lose his beloved spouse, Kaye. Reluctantly, the Boston lawyer accepted Mick as his client. However, Brady quickly becomes frustrated with Mick because the former basketball star hides needed information. Apparently, Mick is also a professional liar, who owes an enormous amount of money to a local gambling mobster.

Kaye's lawyer Barbara Cooper earned her reputation as a barracuda who went for the jugular and who did not mind running up billable hours. Barbara forces Michael to provide a deposition of his assets. This quickly leads to Coyne learning that his client holds a major gambling debt. During the session, the hot headed Michael loses his cool several times. However, things turn bleak when someone murders Kaye and Michael vanishes. The police, the mob, and his attorney search for the prime suspect, the missing Michael.

The sixteenth Coyne novel is a fabulously fresh legal thriller that shows how talented author William G. Tapply is. The story line is entertaining as the divorce case turns into a murder mystery. Adding to the fun is Coyne's personal life moving forward even as he reluctantly begins a relationship. Sub-genre fans who want to read a quality legal series need to tap into the Coyne novels because they consistently are among the best of the best.

Harriet Klausner

I loved this book. Tapply's writing is, as usual, impeccable. The story pulled me in and didn't let go until I, reluctantly, came to the last page wishing the next two or three Brady Coynes were miraculously out on the shelves.

I've read all of the William Tapply's Brady Coyne mystery novels, but this is the best. Fast paced but very credible, very realistic and plausible, but still a zinger ending. Certain to be a long-time favorite. If you haven't yet read any of Tapply's books, start with this.

Tapply is a competent writer a notch or two below Robert Parker and by no means "the best in the field," as some reviewers have claimed (in my opinion, that honor goes to either James Lee Burke or Elmore Leonard). In this novel, the lawyer Brady Coyne takes many chapters to solve a mystery (the death of a client's wife)which the average reader likely solved immediately. Despite Tapply's attempts to "flesh out" minor characters, they nevertheless seem flat and stereotyped, such as the ruthless gangster Russo and his henchmen. The novel's best feature: a helluva good genie joke somewhere near the middle.