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Book Description:
A riveting and explosive novel, The Kill Clause is a brilliantly inventive tour de force by a powerful new master of suspense.
Tim Rackley is a dangerous man of honor, a deputy U.S. marshal who is very good at his job -- until everything he believes in is shattered by the brutal murder of his own daughter.
Betrayed by an imperfect judicial system, Rackley watches helplessly as the killer walks free on a legal technicality. Devastated, furious, and burning with a righteous need for vengeance, he is suddenly forced to explore his own deadly options -- a quest that leads him into a shadowy no-man's-land between justice and the law ... and into the welcoming fold of "the Commission."
A vigilante group made up of people like him -- relentless streetwise operators who have each lost a loved one to violent crime -- the Commission confronts the failings of a system that sets predators loose to hunt again, cleaning up society's "mistakes" covertly, efficiently, and permanently. But as he is dragged deeper into a deadly morass of hidden agendas and murderous justice, Tim Rackley discovers that playing God is an excruciating and fearsome task. When his new secret life starts coming unwound at an alarming speed, he is suddenly caught in the most terrifying struggle he has ever faced -- a desperate battle to save his marriage, his career, his life, his soul ... and everything left that's worth fighting for.
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Top Member Reviews
Tonya B. (Good book, lots of twists an turns. Makes you realize the justice system doesn't always work. A character you will like and want to read about again in his Book The Program, read them out of order, oops. Very likable characters all the way around.If you don't like bloody scenes you may not want to read.
Fast paced, excellent read. My first by this author but definitely not my last. Hard to tell the good guys from the bad guys in this one, just depends on where you draw the line.
Part of Crais' Tim Rackley series, and he just keeps getting better and better. A series that it's good to start at the beginning, but still a great stand alone story. Lots of depth to the characters, scenes so real it's like a movie while you read it, with lots of twists and surprises. In this one, Tim Rackley gets in with a group of vigilantees, to solve some crimes both personal and organized, and almost loses everything. Great read.
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Sharon C. (An excellent book. It had been sitting on my "to-be-read" mountain for over a year and I'm so glad I finally chose it.
So many things about it that I loved. Tense, tight dialouge, believable characters, elaborate but realistic plotting... I love that the protaganist has well-developed relationships with the supporting characters, that his reactions to the murder of his seven-year old daughter were so realistic and yet he shows more honor and integrity than many would. (Not a spoiler, by the way; the murder happens on the first page.)
I'd recommend it for fans of Lee Child, Greg Iles. In places, a bit bloody. Not for the squeamish.
Paul A. from FT WASHINGTON, MD wrote on 10/29/2006...Robert Crais says: "A buzzsaw spiral into the darkness of lawless men hiding within the law...heart-wrenching...with some of the most intense action scenes I have ever read... this book is the real deal."