Review: Blame it all on the slow Icee machine
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 28, 2013
After reading the story "Snatched" last year, I became an instant fan of Karin Slaughter and her recurring protagonist, Will Trent," a veteran agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Now Ms. Slaughter has featured Trent in a new short story, "Busted," and it's a dandy. Will Trent has gone undercover playing the role of a convicted felon on parole. He's hanging around inside the Lil' Dixie Gas-n-Go, just waiting for a slow Icee machine to recycle so he can get his favorite frozen drink, when all hell breaks loose. It's an armed robbery that quickly goes bad as the body count rises. In the aftermath, what should have been a straightforward robbery investigation reveals a twisted story of lies and treachery, crooked cops, and a most unlikely criminal mastermind behind the whole affair.It's a marvelous story than fans of Will Trent will enjoy. His daring efforts to stop one of the robbers nearly costs him his life, but - battered and bruised - he survives to crack the case and bring the perps to justice.By the way, the county where the story is set is a real place, and the author's dismal description of life in that county is spot-on.