Reviewed By: Jon Jordan - Crime Spree Magazine - RAM
The Murder Exchange
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Simon Kernick
Class/Genre: Mystery Thriller Police Procedural
Series: Denis Milne (aka Mick [Marcus] Kane) # 2
2004, St. Martin's Minotaur, 368 pages / $24.95
Kernick’s second book is a great read. Using dual perspectives we follow along with a police detective trying to solve a murder and a security specialist try to discover what went wrong on a simple body guarding job.
Max Iversson was hired to provide security for a nightclub owner named Max Fowler. Due to some unforeseen interference the job goes really wrong and Max is the only one to walk away.
Meanwhile, Detective Sergeant John Gallan is looking into the murder of a nightclub bouncer. A bouncer from the club Fowler runs. He is getting frustrated by the case for a number of reasons, one of which is his failure to be able to find and question Fowler.
As the two men try and discover what is going on, they slowly end up working towards the same ends and running into the same people as the whole mess becomes intertwined.
The conclusion to the whole affair is not quite what I was expecting and was caught by surprise at the way it was wrapped up. Full of gangsters, a femme fatale and half truths, this book has a very noir feel to it. Fast reading and engaging I would recommend this book strongly to anyone.
Jon Jordan - Crime Spree Magazine - RAM
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