Elizabeth R. (esjro) - , reviewed on 8/25/2009 + 909 more book reviews

This third installment of the Jack Taylor series finds Jack back to square one: hungover, renting the same room in Mrs. Bailey's hotel, and frequenting the one pub that hasn't kicked him out yet. An associate calls in a favor which requires that Jack locate a former employee of the Magdalen Laundries. As usual, things are not as they seem and Jack becomes the object of unwanted (and very violent) attention.

My love/hate relationship with Jack Taylor continues in this book. He is at times so despicable, yet it is hard not to admire his perverse sense of justice and (occasional) willingness to defend the innocent at his own expense. Any of the Jack Taylor books are like two books in one: the first is a fictional crime story, and the second is a readers' guide to crime fiction. Jack Taylor is not many things but he is a veritable encyclopedia of literature.

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