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Dead or Alive By Michael McGarrity ( Dutton Adult )
Release Date: 2008-12-26
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Fans of Cormac MaCarthy’s No Country for Old Men and Tony Hillerman’s Navajo County mysteries will find Michael McGarrity’s Dead or Alive a powerful story of the manhunt for a deranged killer in the American Southwest.
Living in London while his wife serves as a military attaché at the American Embassy, recently retired Santa Fe Police Chief Kevin Kerney gets an early morning phone call that changes everything and sends him hurrying home to his New Mexico ranch. Riley Burke, his partner in a horsetraining enterprise, has been mowed down on Kerney’s doorstep by an escaped prisoner cutting a murderous swath through New Mexico.
As the killings mount, Kerney teams up with his half-Apache son, Lieutenant Clayton Istee of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department, to hunt for a psychotic murderer with a growing appetite for blood, who has no intention to be taken alive.
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dead or alive ( popnnanny )
great reading. felt as tho i was right there with the characters. only complaint, wish michael would write a little faster with more books coming out. can't get enough
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wild manhunt ( harrietklausner@worldnet.att.net )
Escaped psychopathic convict Craig Larson goes on a killing rampage murdering everyone it seems in his path. Among the victims is Riley Burke, business partner to former Santa Fe police chief Kevin Kerney.
Outraged by the Burke death and just back from London where his spouse works in the American embassy, Kerney vows to bring the maniac to justice. However that pledge is easier said than done, as Larson leaves corpses in several southwest states. Working as a temporary New Mexico State Police special investigator, Kerney and his son Lincoln County Sheriff's Department Lieutenant Clayton Istee lead a state wide manhunt.
The keys to this wild manhunt are the relationship between the father and son law enforcement pair who only recently learned of their DNA connection and the deep look at multi-jurisdiction police investigations. The story line is fast-paced and filled with much more blood than the usual Kerney whodunit (see NOTHING BUT TROUBLE) and a strong sense of locale that would have pleased the late Tony Hillerman. In some macabre ways Larson steals the show as he makes the plot with his murderous spree that turns what looks like a blue state red.
Harriet Klausner
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a crazy-bad killer ( jbbowes )
Sometimes this series can be faulted for its procedure to action ratio. Not this time. A page turner in the best way. Suspense, action and realistic procedure hold the readers attention to the end. Very well done.
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Right on target ( donmb )
After 12 Kevin Kearney books, Michael McGarrity continues to write one of the best police procedural series and he has infused the series with new life and excitement. Dead or Alive, like Death Song is not only a page turner, but once you get started, putting it down is impossible.
The man hunt for escaped convict Craig Larson is fast paced, violent and pitch perfect through the New Mexico wilderness. Kerney and his son Lieutenant Clayton Istee make a perfect team and as they get to know each other better in each book, their partnership grows and it has given new life to the series.
With the passing of Tony Hillerman, Michael McGarrity's duo have become the Southwestern lawmen to read.
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 Better every time ( mikebecerra )
I just got this book and it has to be the best book yet by Michael McGarrity. New Mexico comes alive in this book. Every section of the state is geographically correct and described in painstaking detail. This book should be on every bookshelf in the southwest.
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