Reviewed By: Jeff Kreider - RAM
The Ghosts of Morning
Amazon US PB Amazon US HC Amazon Canada PB Amazon Canada HC
Richard Barre
Class/Genre: Mystery Private Investigator Hard Boiled
Series: Wil Hardesty # 3
Richard Barre's third Wil Hardesty novel. Wil's friend, Denny, was, reportedly, killed in Vietnam years before. Now the boy's mother has received a note saying that he is alive. She wants Wil to investigate the matter and pay the $30,000 "ransom" to get the details. The family was well-to-do back in the mid-sixties when Wil knew Denny, but they are flat-out rich now as they have the controlling interest in a large healthcare facility. The empire was built by the father and currently run by the surviving son. The mother is dying of emphysema and the daughter is (and always was), wild and in trouble. The evolution of the story threads through the relationships Wil had back then with these people and between each other and what has happened since.
I've been pacing myself with these books. I really enjoy them. I still have his fourth to do. I understand he has completed the fifth novel and is working on the sixth while looking for a new publisher. I do look forward to more from him.
Jeff Kreider - RAM
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