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review 1: More of same excellence. See my comments on Crashed - they all apply here too. One caveat though - the 13 yr old daughter is a BIT of a reach. She's a wee bit too brainy to be believable; forgivable under the circumstances, but something to note... make her 15 or 16 and the cavea...
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review 1: A very enjoyable mystery featuring Junior Bender, a burglar since age 15 but now the go to person when criminals need a someone to serve as their private detective. Not having read the two previous books in the series I am probably missing some of the details of Junior's career b...
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review 1: This is an exceptional novel, certainly deserving its Edgar nomination. Timothy Hallinan writes with a graceful ease that makes Queen of Patpong highly readable. Within a short time, Thailand literally popped off the pages. Hallinan articulated both rural and urban Thailand, v...
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review 1: Enjoy Timothy Hallinan as an artist - whichever series I'm reading. This is a Poke Rafferty story - and I stayed up most of the night reading it. Poke gets involved in the death of a man he does not know but whose death really impacts Poke's life. He spends most of the book tr...
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review 1: This is my first novel by Tim Hallinan. I know that it is part four of a series, but it stands alone. "Well-written" doesn't even come close to describing the author's phraseology. What a fresh voice! The plot is fast-paced and convoluted...the characters are engaging. As a reade...
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review 1: This series just keeps getting better. Not a traditional mystery protagonist by any means but engaging characters and compelling stories make you want to come back for more. And, if you have an interest in Thai culture all the better. Perhaps not as in depth an immersion in Th...
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review 1: Poke helps his cop buddy with a poker sting and ends up in a gamble that threatens his family. The richest self made man in Thailand loses a bet and Poke gets to write his bio. However, Poke's family is soon threatened by competing forces who don't want the book published. Then h...