- Paperback: 261 pages
- Publisher: Perseverance Press (September 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1564744825
- ISBN-13: 978-1564744821
- Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 13.7 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 386 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #674,893 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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an absolute stand-out, Oct 27 2009
By T. Baker - Published on Amazon.com
Ce commentaire est de: In the Guise of Mercy (Paperback)
This is the sixth and long-awaited Maggie MacGowen mystery and an absolute stand-out in the series.The novel opens with a heartbreaking death and the onset of a quest.
Detective Mike Flint, Maggie's beloved husband and best friend has asked one final thing of her: to find a missing young man from a ten year old case and, in doing so, clear his name.
As Maggie doggedly proceeds to unravel the mystery of Jesus Ramon, her faith in and love for Mike is paramount. It is what draws her unerringly forward and keeps the reader deeply involved and feverishly turning pages. In fact, the novels in this series contain one of the great love stories in the genre: the devoted relationship between a hardened, experienced cop and a smart, juggernaut of an investigative TV journalist. In the Guise of Mercy is the story of how it ended, and then how it continued.
As Maggie searches for answers, Los Angeles is laid out in beautiful, almost poetic scenes. The reader travels to downtown LA with its nightcrawlers and homeless; abandoned buildings, Central Station, morgue, and after hours nightclubs; the city's potter's field and Little Tokyo. Throughout the course of the book, Maggie moves from the barrio to Malibu.
There are a number of first-rate mystery authors writing about Los Angeles, and I've read most of them. But none are as deeply moving in their descriptive prose as Wendy Hornsby. If you want a sense of LA, a hard city to understand, this is the book for you.
I loved this novel. What a treat to have Wendy Hornsby and Maggie MacGowen back!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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YEAH -- She's Back, Nov 1 2009
By Evanston Mystery Fan - Published on Amazon.com
Ce commentaire est de: In the Guise of Mercy (Paperback)
It has been a long wait for this author to return. TOO LONG. I have read all of Ms. Hornsby's mysteries and enjoyed them all. I was sorry to see her stop. She tells a good story, nicely paced, in a book that is appropriately sized for the material. May this be the start of many books to come.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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poignant amateur sleuth, Sep 4 2009
By Harriet Klausner - Published on Amazon.com
Ce commentaire est de: In the Guise of Mercy (Paperback)
On Monday documentary editor Maggie MacGowan's life changes forever because her beloved husband Los Angeles Police Detective Mike Flint killed himself rather than let cancer rot him to death. In his goodbye note to Maggie, Mike asks her to forgive him and to find out what happened to Jesus Ramon, a cold case that always haunted him.A decade ago, Mike put the diminutive sixteen years old gangbanger drug dealing snitch in his car. When he drops the teen off, he disappears without a trace. Maggie begins to sleuth starting her inquiries with cops, gang members, drug dealers and users as she cannot say no to a dead man she loves. However, one person carefully observes her progress and when she begins to get close to the hidden secrets he conceals, he cuts her brake line.
Although one must wonder why Mike would knowingly endanger his surviving loved one instead of retiring and going out with one last glorious investigation as a civilian, fans will be hooked by this poignant amateur sleuth from the onset when Mike who lived life to the fullest and took charge of his life decides to take charge of his death too. Maggie understands why he committed suicide and honors his last wishes by investigating the disappearance of Jesus. Her inquiry is brilliantly done step by step though she makes missteps along the way. Wendy Hornsby makes an emotional case that the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness also by its denotation also includes the ability to choose death in this strong inspirational but mentally draining tale.
Harriet Klausner
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