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Chargement... Storm Runnerspar T. Jefferson Parker
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Matt Stormsoe, whose son and wife are accidentally killed when a childhood friend turned Mexican mobster tries to exact vengeance, is hired to protect a weather reporter from a stalker. Turns out the weather reporter is refining her grandfather's methods for creating rain, much to the chagrin of the LA Water and Power authority, who want her stopped at any cost. A bit reminiscent of the movie, Chinatown. ( ) From Amazon: Matt Stromsoe has come a long way since his wife and son were killed in an explosion meant for him. Wounded severely in both body and spirit, Stromsoe gave up the last thing that held any meaning for him—his job on the police force—and proceeded to hit rock bottom, hard. That was a lifetime ago, and finally the spiral of personal destruction and despair seems to have come to an end. The man responsible for the murders—Stromsoe's best friend from childhood and his wife's old lover—is behind bars and Stromsoe has put the past behind him, rescued from the abyss by a former colleague who offers him a job at his private security firm. Stromsoe's first assignment is to protect local television personality Frankie Hatfield from a stalker. But the further Stromsoe is drawn into this case, the more he finds that the net of intrigue is wide and ultimately leads back to the man who killed his family. As events conspire against him, Stromsoe learns that prison is no safeguard against revenge. My Thoughts: Storm Runners introduces readers to Matt Stromsoe, a sheriff's deputy whose wife and child are killed in an assassination attempt meant for him. I usually really like T.Jefferson Parker's writing but this one struck me as a novel written in a hurry. It's mostly dialogue, which is not this author's strong point. Along with an unrealistic plot and underdeveloped characters made this book not one of Parker's best. I know he can do so much better than this. The saving grace for this that earned it an extra star was the hero, Stromsoe. He is an interesting character and would have been better served with a storyline that was stronger and more revealing of this character. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Matt Stromsoe has come a long way since his wife and son were killed in an explosion meant for him. Wounded severely in both body and spirit, Stromsoe gave up the last thing that held any meaning for him - his job on the police force - and proceeded to hit rock bottom, hard. That was a lifetime ago, and finally the spiral of personal destruction and despair seems to have come to an end. The man responsible for the murders - Stromsoe's best friend from childhood and his wife's old lover - is behind bars and Stromsoe has put the past behind him, rescued from the abyss by a former colleague who offers him a job at his private security firm. Stromsoe's first assignment is to protect local television personality Frankie Hatfield from a stalker. But the further Stromsoe is drawn into this case, the more he finds that the net of intrigue is wide and ultimately leads back to the man who killed his family. As events conspire against him, Stromsoe learns that prison is no safeguard against revenge. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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