Rough Justice
The Carl Burns Thrillers, Book 1
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نقد و بررسی
January 1, 2016
The quintessential Brad Smith hero is an ex-con attempting to live a quiet life who finds himself drawn back into the world of violence, usually to help out someone he loves. Following in the tradition of Ray Dokes (All Hat, 2003) and series hero Virgil Cain (Red Means Run, 2012), Carl Burns lands in prison after taking a quixotic stand against corruption and absorbing the unintended consequences. Now out of prison, he has returned to his small Ontario hometown to support his estranged daughter, Kate, who is one of three witnesses in the rape trial of the town's mayor. The trial goes bad, and Kate slips slowly into addiction and depression. Burns watches helplessly, biding his time and helping the sister of his ex-wife attempt to battle a ruthless land-grabber. Typically, Smith combines elements of the comic caper novel with gritty thriller fare, but this time the comedy and the banter take a backseat to real-world realism. Even in a hard world, however, there's always room for fighting back, and nobody does stand-up guys better than Smith.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2016, American Library Association.)
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