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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
An excess of macho posturing and unexplained plot moves weaken the effectiveness of this second adventure featuring retired Naval officer John Caine (after Diamond Head, 1996). John leaves Hawaii for California when he is hired by Claire Peters to hunt down her husband, Paul, a software tycoon who has disappeared?perhaps in the company of a missing seven million dollars. Claire is quickly smitten by the rugged John, but John is overcome with chivalry?and by Claire's pal Barbara. Neither elegant nor logical, this story suffers from the author's florid prose (Caine's rear end manages to "pucker" at a suitably tense moment in the narrative). The money trail leads finally to Joe, Paul's sleazebag lawyer, and his partner, the sultry Lorena Garcia, who has lured many a hapless soul into unrequited lust and patently unwise real estate investment. At the close, following a Rambo-esque feat of savage mayhem, John gets a spiffy new boat, but Knief seems unsure if he should also get the girl. Knief show more interest in establishing John as a man's man who knows his way around a boat and the ladies than in sustaining the suspense of a challenging mystery.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From Booklist
Who says there aren't any real men left? Meet John Caine, retired navy commander and Hawaii-based private eye. Still mourning the death of his lady love a year earlier, Caine takes a case in San Diego as a way to get back in the groove. His client, Claire Peters, whose husband, Paul, and the yacht he was piloting were apparently blown to bits in an accident, now faces further disaster. The company she and her husband founded is missing $7 million. Claire swears she saw her husband recently in Mexico, and she wants Caine to find out if Paul is really dead and what happened to the money. Run-ins with both gang members and the Mexican police stand in his way, but Caine finally finds the truth on a deserted Mexican beach. Full of high-impact action, lustful looks, spirited women, and buckets of blood, Knief's latest may be overly macho, but it offers riveting entertainment to fans of Robert Parker and John D. MacDonald. Emily Melton --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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An excess of macho posturing and unexplained plot moves weaken the effectiveness of this second adventure featuring retired Naval officer John Caine (after Diamond Head, 1996). John leaves Hawaii for California when he is hired by Claire Peters to hunt down her husband, Paul, a software tycoon who has disappeared?perhaps in the company of a missing seven million dollars. Claire is quickly smitten by the rugged John, but John is overcome with chivalry?and by Claire's pal Barbara. Neither elegant nor logical, this story suffers from the author's florid prose (Caine's rear end manages to "pucker" at a suitably tense moment in the narrative). The money trail leads finally to Joe, Paul's sleazebag lawyer, and his partner, the sultry Lorena Garcia, who has lured many a hapless soul into unrequited lust and patently unwise real estate investment. At the close, following a Rambo-esque feat of savage mayhem, John gets a spiffy new boat, but Knief seems unsure if he should also get the girl. Knief show more interest in establishing John as a man's man who knows his way around a boat and the ladies than in sustaining the suspense of a challenging mystery.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From Booklist
Who says there aren't any real men left? Meet John Caine, retired navy commander and Hawaii-based private eye. Still mourning the death of his lady love a year earlier, Caine takes a case in San Diego as a way to get back in the groove. His client, Claire Peters, whose husband, Paul, and the yacht he was piloting were apparently blown to bits in an accident, now faces further disaster. The company she and her husband founded is missing $7 million. Claire swears she saw her husband recently in Mexico, and she wants Caine to find out if Paul is really dead and what happened to the money. Run-ins with both gang members and the Mexican police stand in his way, but Caine finally finds the truth on a deserted Mexican beach. Full of high-impact action, lustful looks, spirited women, and buckets of blood, Knief's latest may be overly macho, but it offers riveting entertainment to fans of Robert Parker and John D. MacDonald. Emily Melton --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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