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Chargement... A Criminal to Rememberpar Michael Van Rooy
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Appartient à la sérieMonty Haaviko (3) Prix et récompenses
Michael Van Rooy's writing is fast-paced, highly entertaining, and exciting with a mix of quirky humour and dark, dry wit. Spine-tingling moments alternate with edge-of-your-seat action in Van Rooys Monty Haaviko crime thriller novels. This third instalment in the Monty Haaviko series takes a darker tone from the previous two episodes, An Ordinary Decent Criminal (ODC), and Your Friendly Neighbourhood Criminal (YFNC). A sophisticated, multi-layered plot keeps pages turning and readers hooked. This time, Monty is tangled in political intrigue, blackmail, corruption, and a long-standing feud in which he becomes a pawn. At the same time, a serial killer threatens the love of Monty's life-his wife Claire, and soon, escape seems impossible. Monty is approached by a wealthy businessman to run for an elected position on the city's new Police Commission. As an ex-con, this is something Monty finds intensely amusing. However, he soon discovers his backer has a long-standing rivalry with another businessman who is backing his own patsy for the Commission, and who stands to gain a fortune if his man wins. When Claire starts getting mysterious gifts and flowers, Monty learns about a serial killer the police have been tracking unsuccessfully for many years. He is torn between leaving town and giving up the Police Commission, or staying and risking Claire's life. But the killer is one who, once he sets his sights on his victims, will stop at nothing to make them his. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Monty is mainly staying out of trouble babysitting a few children plus his own son, Fred but he will always be a criminal in his mind. So when he, his wife, his son and some family friends are out at the Winnipeg Ex and he realizes some hooligans are planning to torch the tent that holds the butterflies he doesn't go looking for a cop or other person in authority; he just handles the situation himself and no-one is the wiser. Later that same evening he does garner some attention when he uses his excellent hand-eye coordination to dunk cops into the tank with every ball he throws. A passing journalist recognizes him and does a short interview in which Monty mentions four wrongful convictions by the Winnipeg police. That brings a lot of attention to him, some of it negative, but also from people who think he would be a good candidate to head up the newly created police commission. He decides to go for the post especially since he is offered lots of money to throw the election to the ex-cop who is running. Of course, Monty would never really throw the election but he does have lots of fun pretending he will. What is not so much fun is when his wife is targeted by a vicious serial killer. She convinces him to keep campaigning while she stays at home surrounded by undercover cops who are hoping to flush the killer out.
The action in non-stop and Monty can deal out his own brand of justice which may not be strictly legal. As a Winnipegger I do love how Van Rooy name drops streets and businesses and locations in the city. I'll miss you Monty and Michael. If fictional characters have an afterlife I sure hope you two are together causing chaos. (