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Dead Run (Monkeewrench, Bk 3)
Dead Run - Monkeewrench, Bk 3
Author: P. J. Tracy
The overwhelming response to Live Bait proved P. J. Tracy's second novel was no fluke. The Chicago Tribune said it best: "Tracy is a writer who can walk that thin line between humor and serious crime without sacrificing the needs of either side." For fans craving electric suspense, high-energy banter, and intricate plotting, the wait is over: De...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780399152467
ISBN-10: 0399152466
Publication Date: 4/21/2005
Pages: 336
Rating:
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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4 stars, based on 64 ratings
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Mamu avatar reviewed Dead Run (Monkeewrench, Bk 3) on + 34 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
This series continues to suprise me. Except for some occasional dialogue that seems to work a bit hard at being funny, the books just get better and better. Don't get me wrong. It does have humor and usually it's very natural but sometimes just a little awkward. That criticism is outweighed however, by the original plotting, superb writing and generally tight and realistic dialogue. Very hard to put down.

Here's one section, from the p.o.v. of an 8 year old: "He was straddling his old bike across the street from the cafe, staring through the plate-glass window, watching Hazel's broad back hunch and move over the grill plate behind the counter. Even through the dust-streaked window, he could see that great pile of too-black hair wobbling on top of her head, and when she turned aournd to plop a plate down on the counter in front of a customer, he saw the loose skin of remembered chins cascading down over the place where her neck was supposed to be." Writing just doesn't get much more vivid than that. :)
reviewed Dead Run (Monkeewrench, Bk 3) on + 144 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Fast moving. Fun read.
dreamon avatar reviewed Dead Run (Monkeewrench, Bk 3) on + 21 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Three founders of the Monkeewrench are driving from Minneapolis to Green Bay. Their car breaks down deep in the northern woods, far from any civilization and walking to Four Corners, they find...absolutely nothing. There is no sign of life, but then witness a horrifying double murder. They run for their lives while the rest of the Monkeewrench crews and Minneapolis cops are on a blind search to find them.
Good reading.
5ducksfans avatar reviewed Dead Run (Monkeewrench, Bk 3) on + 92 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Great book with an interesting, scary premise. I could barely put it down. I'm glad I discovered the mother-daughter team of PJ Tracy. You will want to start with Monkeewrench, the first in the series, and read them all in order (Dead Run is the 3rd. There are 4 books in the series with a new one due sometime this year - 2009).
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reviewed Dead Run (Monkeewrench, Bk 3) on + 25 more book reviews
I enjoy this author (actually a mom and daughter team)
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Excellent!
reviewed Dead Run (Monkeewrench, Bk 3) on + 48 more book reviews
I really enjoy this series, well fleshed out characters, funny and intricate plots that keep you guessing right to the end.
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loved it. it was quite different from the first two books but was surprisingly interesting
annapi avatar reviewed Dead Run (Monkeewrench, Bk 3) on + 334 more book reviews
Oh wow! I can see why this is the favorite book of the series for most, as it's fantastic! The Monkeewrench team are back in a doozy of a thriller. Grace McBride and Annie Belinsky are traveling to Green Bay, Wisconsin with deputy Sharon Mueller to assist locals with finding a serial killer using their new software. They get lost on the way and stumble onto the mysteriously empty town of Four Corners, where they unwittingly witness the brutal murders of two civilians by military men. They need to get out to tell someone but the whole town is surrounded and they are being hunted.

Meanwhile Detectives Leo Magozzi and his partner team up with Sheriff Halloran and the rest of the Monkeewrench team to try to find the women. When more people turn up missing in the same area and the Feds keep everyone, including local law enforcement, away without telling them why, they suspect something bigger than unsolved murders and missing persons is up. But they have no idea HOW big...

It was great to have the Monkeewrench team back in the thick of things instead of on the periphery, and this novel starts with a bang and doesn't let the tension up as it races through to its nerve-wracking climax. Fantastic premise brilliantly executed - I don't see how they can top this one but I sure hope they keep trying!


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