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is the 11th novel in Anne Emery’s excellent Halifax-based series featuring Father Brennan Burke and criminal lawyer Monte Collins. Over the course of the series, set in the mid-1990s, we’ve built relationships with these two very different but equally compelling characters. In Emery’s last outing,, she pulled Monte and Brennan out of their traditional haunts and tossed them into “the Troubles” in Northern Ireland. The adventure ended with Brennan in prison, tortured and sentenced to six years.
Deep into this series, Emery is clearly trying to open up the plot lines for her two main characters, but spy stories aren’t her natural metier, and the old Checkpoint-Charlie Berlin is long gone. A novel set nearly 30 years ago can’t help but be a bit hoary, but readers – including me – love Monte and Brennan, and it’s their story of reconnection after a traumatic separation that makes for compelling reading.
King’s problem is the police work. He knows a lot about hospitals but a lot less about cop shops. Still, the book shows promise, and he’s obviously planning a second adventure for Gilles and Annie. First, he might want to check out Karen Slaughter’s combination of doctor and cop for ideas on how to combine complex characters, romance and police work.
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