Review: Don't Miss These Great Short Stories
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 15, 2014
Micheal Connelly could make a cereal box text interesting. You know I really relish reading Harry Bosch stories but I didn't miss him in these three, My pick was MULLHOLLAND DIVE. Probably due to the subject matter. For many years I investigated auto accident cases for foreign manufacturers facing product liability claims. Connelly's story was accurately researched and detailed. The twisted ending was a knockout.The first story CAHOOTS is written like a gambler's personal journal making the past in present tense. He describes a pokergame where a player is distracting the other players with a plan to steal a box of Olympic Gold and Silver metals ,melt them down and sell them. He and his partner use techniques like,shiney rings and shot glasses full of dark whiskey to read the cards when it is their turn to deal. These tricks are aggravating to the journal writer and his partner.  The life lesson in this story is Never play cards with a man named Slim and don't wear shiney rings either....oh and don't tell phoney heist storiesStory number three , TWO BAGGER is about two detectives, one a long time Gang Unit Investigator who is paired with a new partner to track a meth cooker con who has just been released from prison. The ex-con is expected to have to murder someone as a pay back for his 5 years of protection provided by members of the Road Agents motorcycle gang. The detectives follow him to a Dodgers baseball game. The two detectives get split up when their suspect takes a7th inning stretch in the men's room.  The GUI detective followed him.  The question of who the ex-con was instructed to kill was answered .Three story's with twists and suspense. Connelly is a master of the short story and the full length novel.