Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner
The Crime Czar
Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
Tony Dunbar
Class/Genre: Mystery Legal Setting
Series: Tubby Dubonet # 5
Dell, Nov 1998, $5.99, 240 pp.
During last year's Mardi Gras, attorney Tubby Dubonet was involved in an incident that included his best friend, Dan, being shot. This experience has left the lawyer filled with guilt as the bullet was intended for him. Though the gun did not kill Dan, a subsequent infection led to his final demise. Dan's final words to Tubby were "He's from the old neighborhood". Tubby figures that Dan was telling him that he knew his assailant.
Since the shooting, Tubby has been in a state of semi-retirement as he drinks himself to death. This changes for Tubby when he accepts an offer to co-chair the reelection campaign of a judge. He also decides to find the person who killed his buddy and ultimately who is the kingpin controlling criminal activity in New Orleans. His obsession leads Tubby to the underbelly of the city, a place where he meets crooked politicians and graft seeking law enforcement officials, who will have no compulsion to reduce the Big Easy's legal population by one.
The uniqueness and darkness of New Orleans is brought to stunning Technicolor in Tony Dunbar's latest Tubby Dubonet mystery, THE CRIME CZAR. The audience obtains a taste of the city's ambience, allowing them to understand that it's one of the most unique locales in the world. However, the lovable, bewildering, but honorable Tubby remains the focal point of this and the previous novels. Readers will admire his tenacity and reflect on his actions that make him a real hero. This is a great entry in what is a stupendous series.
Harriet Klausner
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