Review: A tramatized veteran cop teams with a young idealist trying to hold the line
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 27, 2013
Once again, Bernard Schaffer has immersed readers in a tense tale of heroic cops trying to hold the line against the endless opposition of stupid colleagues and stupid criminals. Frank O'Ryan as the wise but traumatized veteran co-stars with Reynaldo Francisco as the young idealist trying to hold the line. Other characters get their moments as well, including the baton-swinging Truth Rabbit (last seen in the original Superbia) who is now upgraded to the Psycho Rabbit; the heroin-snorting hottie Aprille Macariah; and the sleazy FBI agent Dez Dolos. The new villains -- a swaggering moron police chief, his milk-sucking son, and a revolting pedophile in a department store -- add spice to the proceedings. A coroner makes a nice cameo talking about the disgusting smells of dead bodies.A short, quick read whose climax is powerfully unexpected, this book is nearly equal to the original Superbia in intensity, and I look forward to the next in the series.Disclosure:  I am a member of author Bernard Schaffer's Kindle All-Stars group.