Review: Murder, corruption, hit men and honor among thieves
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 12, 2013
Just one good read.Jake still isn't himself after the death of Loeb.He's been coasting along. His friends are worried about him.He is seeing Emma Shields and she makes things a little easier for him.She also has Ari Arachne on her mind. He's a wealthy mover and shaker ala Trump. He's married but about to divorce wife number three and chase Emma as wife number four. Of course Emma thinks of him as a friend and thats all.A young girl, the daughter of the editor of a newpaper, is raped and killed in a burglary gone wrong. At least thats what the perps of the crime want all to believe.One of the perps Banacek, while a contract killer, does have some things he won't do. Raping a high school kid is one of em. Killing for money yes. Raping kids. No way.He kills the other perp. The guy who actually raped and killed the girl. Parts of him and the vehicle they used are scattered all over Staten Island in many land fills. He will never be found.Banacek is dying of pancreatic cancer and he knows it. He confesses his crimes to a priest. He then checks himself into a VA Hospice in Florida to die. Banacek was a Viet Nam vet and was one hell of a LRRP soldier.The priest who took his confession tells what he knows to Dudley Marks and Jake Scarne. He won't tell it to the police or anyone else.So begins one hell of a good read. This one has hitmen, murder, attempted murder, rape and corruption up the ass.Jake has to try to find the killers and the only lead he has is forty years old.He does finally catch a break and go to Florida looking for Banacek. Then the story really heats up.Jake is targeted by the mastermind of the whole thing and is nearly killed.Good thing the hitman the mastermind hires is a man of honor. He also knows a nutjob, his ex-employer, when he sees one. He's also all about his own survival but doesn't kill needlessly.Just one good read and another five stars for Scarne and DeMaria.