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Nothing Job, The (A Henry Christie Mystery, 13) Hardcover – August 1, 2009
- Print length224 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherSevern House
- Publication dateAugust 1, 2009
- Dimensions5.7 x 0.91 x 8.64 inches
- ISBN-100727867687
- ISBN-13978-0727867681
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DCI Henry Christie is relegated to the role of bounty hunter. When the car he commandeers in an effort to pursue the man who knifed a prostitute turns out to have another dead girl in the boot, DCI Henry Christie (Crunch Time, 2009, etc.) is once again the bane of the Lancashire constabulary. Chief Constable Fanshaw-Bayley saddles him with Operation Wanted, a perfunctory attempt to close three cases by apprehending three escaped criminals. Henry finds 6'8" murderer Anthony Downie in Blackpool, lurking around gay clubs, but the hunt for Paulo Scartarella leads to Cyprus, where the trail takes him, along with beautiful Cypriot copper Georgia Papakostas and FBI legal attaché Karl Donaldson, to a Mafia connection. Surprisingly, the link to organized crime tails back to Merseyside and an old case involving the police shooting of Johnny Motta, a trafficker in drugs and Albanian prostitutes. Local DS Shafer and DS Anger, Henry's personal Lancashire nemesis, seem determined to obscure the facts. Before matters can be resolved, there will be more death, a fire, a wild car chase and a nifty plot twist that puts Henry in line for a commendation from Fanshaw-Bayley. A splendid British procedural, with complex storytelling, much hugger-mugger and some amusing lustful jealousy on Henry's part. --Kirkus Reviews, 15th July 2009
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- Publisher : Severn House (August 1, 2009)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 224 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0727867687
- ISBN-13 : 978-0727867681
- Item Weight : 14.1 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.7 x 0.91 x 8.64 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #10,586,863 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #25,718 in Hard-Boiled Mystery
- #57,686 in Police Procedurals (Books)
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I picked it off the shelf because the author's name sounded British. The blurb on the front cover said this book belongs with any fan of British police procedurals. So it was a mystery about a British police officer - all my favorites.
The Good
The writing had good flow and the mystery was okay.
The Bad
About three quarters into the book it seemed the author was all over the place with three separate plots. In the last bit he manages to bring everything together in a contrived way. It seems he had the several plots in mind and just couldn't pick one. The other problem, and this is just me here, it is one of an ongoing series. I really need to read the earlier works to understand the characters.
The Ugly (my opinion)
As stories go, Meh. That said I do enjoy the British police procedurals and the writing was decent. I will definitely go back and read one or two of the earlier books before passing final judgment on the author.
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I was not too sure which way Nick was heading this time around. We find Henry Christie given the task of appending three wanted criminals by Chief Constable Fanshaw-Bayley (FB) - all with no links to one another, responsible for different crimes. Its almost as if Christie becomes a bounty hunter!
The story to capture the first fugitive is wrapped up in the early chapters, the third fugitive is never traced. However, Christie ends up Cyprus in his hunt for fugitive number two - this story then takes over the remainder of the book and is connected to a web of UK & Cypriot police corruption and the Mafia (again another excuse to bring back Karl Donaldson).
Without giving the plot away, 'The Nothing Job' finally brings the Dave Anger saga to a conclusion and there is a brief interaction with Jane Roscoe which suggests her time in the series is over too.
There are some new story threads created, with police characters Bill Robbins and Jerry Tope returning as likeable allies for Henry Christie.
Again this deserves five stars.
is agreat creation loved every minute a little on the short side again
but highly enjoyable
read this series of books you wont read a better English detective story