Star Trek's Captain Kirk is back, with another fast-paced adventure for the future's greatest private detective, Jake Cardigan. Best known for his role as Captain James T. Kirk of the Starship Enterprise, William Shatner has created a whole new career for himself as a suspense novelist--and his bestselling Tek series has been hailed by The Wall Street Journal for novels "as tough and scrappy as Captain Kirk." Walt Bascom is head of the Cosmos Detective Agency, and therefore is Jake Cardigan's boss. As Tek Kill opens, Walt is having a bad morning: five police officers broke into his house, threw him out of bed, and arrested him for murder. The video security system at the home of wealthy entrepreneur Dwight Grossman clearly shows Bascom shooting Grossman in the back. And telephone records show that Grossman had been making threatening phone calls to a former girlfriend--a woman now involved with Bascom. Despite what looks like an open-and-shut case against Bascom, Jake and his partner Sid Gomez must find a way to clear the boss's good name--and find the real killer. They have allies: Jake's son, Dan, is friendly with Grossman's sister, Susan. And Susan Grossman has been having flashes of telepathy, including visions of her brother's murder that does not feature Walt Bascom. She's frightened, but she's prepared to testify in court about what she believes. Unfortunately, Susan Grossman is a user of the deadly drug Tek. The choice facing the police is obvious: they can believe what they see with their own eyes on videotape, or they can believe a known drug user who claims to have telepathic visions. Jake and Sid can see that they have a lot of work ahead if they're going to get the boss out of jail and back to the office. And the person who went to such trouble to make Walt Bascom look like a murderer is hardly likely to sit back and let them do their jobs without making an effort to put them off the trail--a deadly effort.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
While still formulaic, it has some of the better dialog in the "Tek" series,
By Charles Ashbacher (Marion, Iowa United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (VINE VOICE) (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER)
This review is from: Tek Kill (Hardcover)
In this installment of the Tek series, Jake Cardigan and Sid Gomez are tracking down the conspirators that managed to create a fake video that shows their boss, Walt Bascom killing a man. The trail is varied, parallel when the two split up and involves Bascom's daughter Kacey. Her involvement generates the best dialog in the book, as some of the banter between Kacey, her father and Jake is humorous. Another high point is when Gomez meets with an old friend, a sharp shooting stripper named Marney. Following the formulaic nature of the Tek books, a Tek cartel is behind the difficulties, people are routinely killed and at the end Jake and Sid shoot it out with the bad guys.
This is one of the better books in the Tek series, the dialog has a little more style and humor and the plot moves a little better. However, this is still one of the books that you read in bed late at night to tuck your mind away for the evening.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A fantastic read,
This review is from: Tek Kill (Paperback)
Another hit in the "Tek" series. On the edge excitement from page 1 to the last.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A fantastic read,
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This review is from: Tek Kill (Paperback)
Another hit in the "Tek" series. On the edge excitement from page 1 to the last.
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