- Paperback
- Publisher: MIDNIGHT INK (Jun 8 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0738713724
- ISBN-13: 978-0738713724
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The Duffy books just keep getting better!, April 14 2011
By D. Detrick - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Out Cold (Paperback)
Duffy Dombrowski is a fascinating and flawed main character who loves Elvis music, boxing, and ducking paperwork; and has compassion for the underdog, especially his basset hound Al (which is how I found these books, thanks to `The Slobber Shoppe' at nybasset.org).Schreck has a talent for instilling humor into even the darkest of plot lines. I have never been a boxing fan, but I have learned to appreciate the strategy and athleticism of the sport. The Fearsome Foursome conversations and theories have me laughing out loud! Schreck is one of my favorite authors and I can't wait for his next release!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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entertaining amateur sleuth, Dec 1 2009
By Harriet Klausner - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Out Cold (Paperback)
In Crawford, New York, at the not for profit Jewish Unified Services, guidance counselor Duffy Dombrowski was knocked Out Cold last week while sparring with a heavyweight so he remains somewhat disoriented. Back at work after a few sick days, his first client is late twenties schizophrenic Karl Greene, who brings new meaning to paranoia starting with his Michael Jackson surgical mask and even challenging what Duffy means by the ominous threat of "good morning".Karl tells Duffy that he is back on the street, off his meds and the NOW is setting terrorist fires as a forerunner of a bigger plot. When Duffy begins to understand Karl's brand of military-industrial-political-terrorist paranoid complex, he begins to wonder how much brain damage he received from the left hook he failed to see yet he still denies wobbling. However the news report of an ROTC deadly arsonist fire just like Karl claimed spins Duffy's head further. With his roommate Al the Basset Hound and crazy Karl at his own deranged side as well as the Fearsome Foursome, Duffy tries to prevent terrorist attacks at the Notre Dame football home opener and a massacre at either his or Karl's respective former high school. That is as important is liberating Al's relatives from a basset-hound factory.
This over the top of the Adirondack Park peaks is a well written, but strangely mixed amateur sleuth thriller as dark humor blends (not always smoothly for us squeamish reviewers) with some serious scenarios. Duffy struggles with regaining his equilibrium though in total denial, which cleverly mirrors Karl's outlook. Although the jocularity seems out of place at times especially with deaths from terrorist activity and the threat of much more violence, Columbine-style, Tom Schreck provides a strong thriller as Duffy can only cope through mocking humor with what he faces (see TKO and On The Ropes).
Harriet Klausner
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Duffy...errr Schreck Done Gone'n Done It Again, Nov 30 2009
By W. Dolan - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Out Cold (Paperback)
If the planets align just right, if an angel happens to be looking your way at just the right moment, if a serendipitous series of events fall into your lap and you happen to throw a few well-timed punches you just may win the big one. Once.Champions, however, successfully defend their title. Again and again. Stronger. Sharper. As hungry as the first time they stepped in the ring.
The first installment of the Duffy Dombrowski series knocked me out, the second was even better and proved Schreck ain't no Buster Douglas.
'Out Cold' is number 3 and shows the staying power and creativity of the author as he enters José Torres territory in the title defense department. Some familiar characters make their appearance and it's good to see how they've changed since the last time they were wrapped up in one of Duffy's Schlitz & Elvis-fueled battles for the underdog (or underdogs as the case may be).
I can see Tom racking up Calzaghe or Hopkinsesque numbers along with Duff. They're both just that good.
-BillyD
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