Bail bondsman (and reluctant bounty hunter) CJ Hunter wants to know who almost killed him, and also is ferreting out the details of who is trying to kill Langston Blue. It seems to all be tied in to Langston's time in Vietnam.
Not a bad story, I might have to read some more of the books in this series. This seems to be the first one, according to his website.
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Jimmy Moc and parked the van in the midst of the acreage in order to replace its timing chain, radiator, and right headlight. -- (pg. 376)The timing chain? It got damaged after he ran into a tree (among other things!)?? And did he bring water for the new radiator? In the "midst of the acreage" doesn't sound like the place to do these kind of repairs.
Guy goes to Nepal for a couple month as a volunteer at an "orphanage", ends up dedicating himself to saving and reuniting them with their families. Very nicely written, I enjoyed reading it very much.
Well, it's not a pub, it's a nightclub. This was a pretty good read, but rather unsatisfying as we do not find out who-done-it, neither now, nor on the raft. I have some questions:
1. What happened to the chop? (pg. 140)
2. Was the finding of the gun mentioned before? (pg. 319)
3. Didn't the autopsy show that Billy did not eat anything? (pg. 320)
But, really, I enjoyed the book.
Words I Had To Look Up:::
past another line of oasthouses. (pg. 83) -- Building containing a kiln for drying hops.
in medias res (pg. 211) -- A Latin phrase denoting the literary and artistic narrative technique wherein the relation of a story begins either at the mid-point or at the conclusion, rather than at the beginning, establishing setting, character, and conflict via flashback and expository conversations relating the pertinent past.from Wikipedia. City of Benares (pg. 225) -- Seventy-seven children died in the sinking.
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Everyone in the bloody world smoked except him, chain-smoked, even. He wouldn't be surprised to see Mungo light up. (pg. 254) Mungo is a dog.
Emma Graham #1. Emma is twelve and lives at the hotel where her mother is cook, and possibly co-owner, or previous owner, a lot is not made clear. It is an interesting story, and very nicely written. It moves along very slowly, however, and some readers take issue with that. It is sort of a murder mystery. A very literary crime story, some have said.
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I am not Catholic or of any particular creed, but I cross myself whenever I think of those buckwheat cakes.
Jury investigates the murder of a librarian/escort woman. There is more about woman's shoes than I really want to know. Three black cats and the dog Mungo make a humorous interlude.
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For the one millionth time, Jry would have given an ear for a cigarette. He could really understand van Gogh if the man had quit smoking.-- Pg. 109
Richard Jury investigates two murders in the fen country of England.
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"Thinking" was apparently a rather novel act for Julie, and an intensely physical one. She folded her arms and scratched her elbows, squinting up at the ceiling; she drew her mouth back revealing teeth as small as a child's, then pursed the mouth, repeating this process several times. She might have been indulging in some of Fiona's facial exercises. Her neck seemed to strain upward as if there were a rarefied air up there necessary for cerebral activity. Jury had to give her this: that unlike most people, Julie took thinking dammed seriously.--Page 183.
Richard Jury, #7. Jury goes to some small village (as always?) to check out the death of an old woman using a pay phone during a rain storm.
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..."except for the .412 shotgun butted against her shoulder"... -- I've heard of a 410, but not .412
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Carrie...had already taken on a whippet and a poodle... The Alsatian was having a nap...The poodle was doing the same. -- I thought an Alsatian was a German Shepherd?
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...she was groping in the bag and brought out an apple. "Would you like this for your lunch?" "Thank you," said Jury gravely... It was the first bribe he'd ever taken.
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Her dressing gown was definitely the sweeping sort, blue brocade and ivory insets and a long train. -- I thought that said "insects"...
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... loaded the .412 again... -- There's that .412 again!!
Ricard Jury, #19. Jury apparently got shot in the previous book, he is in the hospital here at the start. He is asked to investigate, unofficially, the disappearance of a fifteen year old year.
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It was rather restful watching Diane's mind at work. One never had to venture far and there were a lot of lay-bys along the way.
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...languor's home, ennui's back garden, apathy's arbor.
Richard Jury, #24. A recent acquaintance of Jury is killed at the front door of a casino/art gallery. Melrose goes on safari in Africa, meets an interesting person while there. POSSIBLE ERROR: The Glaser Safety Slug is NOT non-lethal. If I'm wrong please correct me!!!
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"Hell's bells," said Melrose, taking a sausage from a passing plate. -- page 255
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"Her name wouldn't be Patty Haigh, would it?" -- page 306
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"It was loaded with forty-five-caliber ACP Glasers when I left London. Nonlethal. -- page 613
Richard Jury, #1. I must have read this before, but before I started keeping track. Jury meets Plant, and Vivian, and solves a strange series of murders.
Richard Jury, #2. Jury is called to investigate the murder of a woman dressed in a Twelfth Nigh party costume. Also some other murders happen. Or happened before.