Review: One super read. This one just rocks.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 8, 2014
One solid well written and super read.Jack Stratton is on the night shift. He's on foot patrol. Just another punishment doled out by Sheriff Collins. A Sheriff Collins who's a by the book idiot. A guy who doesn't appreciate a cop with some brains and know how. If it ain't by the book Collins doesn't want to see it.Its another punishment for all the publicity from Hope Falls. Hell Jack is beginning to wonder if solving a decades old murder was a good thing after all??Jack and Replacement now live in a two bedroom apartment. They each have a bedroom but Replacement usually sleeps with Jack. Oh nothing sexual, just closeness. Much to my disgust Jack and Replacement are getting closer.Jacks foot patrol takes him by a tatoo parlor.The parlor is owned by Marisa Vitagliano. A Marisa Vitagliano who has a secret past. A past Jack knows all about. In fact Jack is one of the few people that do know her past. A past thats about to rear its ugly head.Marisa and Jack have a history.Marissa is in love with Jack. A Jack whom she has had a sexual relationship with during their on again off again time together.Marisa is a woman he always calls Angel. Marisa loves Jack and is biding her time and hoping he will come back to her for good.Of course Jack loves Marisa, just not in that special way. Jack has made a point of letting Marisa know this but Marisa still keeps hoping. Jack is still her friend though and always will be.Marisa is a fabulous artist. This artistic talent is what makes her tatoos so awesome. She has sold her art to gallery's as well and has many sketchs of Jack, drawn from memory. Some pretty revealing sketchs. Sketchs she prizes very highly and shows to no one. Sketchs that will point the finger at Jack when Marisa disappears.Marissa is someone Jack cares deeply about and when it appears she's been kidnaped, well, it full speed ahead time. Jack will find her. Jack will do the right thing even if it kills him. He's that kinda guy.So begins one awesome read.This one has a suspended Jack, Replacement, FBI Agents Rivers and Prescott, a decidedly ticked off Sheriff, the Mancini mob,Marisas brother, the Yakuza, a hit woman named Kiku, assault, death, 20 million dollars, a very badly wounded Jack, a plot with the most unlikely gang leader, a person Jack never suspected till it was almost to late, Jack's many friends and a finale that shows exactly what kind of man Jack Stratton is and always has been. One flat out awesome man.A personal note:I find I don't like much about Replacement and was hoping the author would pair him with a better lady. Not to be. I guess I'll just have to suck it up and try to find SOMETHING to like about Replacement.Replacement doesn't appear to have one iota of common sense. If Jack asks her not to do something. She does it anyway. If he asks her to stay in the car for safety's sake she's out of the car and following him. She makes dealing with dangerous situations twice as hard for Jack. In fact I think she's an idiot and a liability big time. An idiot and a liability Jack would be better off without.Despite Replacement this was one awesome read and worth way more that five piddling stars. Can hardly wait for Jack the Giant Killer even if Replacement is along for the ride.