Thoroughly unsentimental and at the head of the Charter Police Department because of it, Detective Peter Brichter reopens a fourteen-year-old murder case while investigating local drug pushers, opening a criminal can of worms in the process. Reprint.
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Pulver's new thriller slips a bit below the standard set in her notable Murder at the War, which introduced Sgt. Peter ("Obie") Brichter of the Charter, Ill., police. There is plenty of action here, but it's mostly synthetic, relying on improbable coincidences linked to Obie's campaign against the town's flagrant drug traffic. Infiltrating Tretower, the fortified ranch of former Chicago mosbster Nick Tellios, Obie offers to work as an informer for the suspected cocaine broker. The imposter meets Tellios's niece Katherine ("Kori") Price, his ward for 14 years since her parents were murdered when she was six. Falling in love with beautiful Kori, Obie becomes more determined to fight Tellios and his henchmen, creating attenuated side plots whose outcomes are practically telegraphed. When Kori is in dire danger, the super cop happens to accidentally arrive in time to save her. Similar incidents ensue, testing Obie during his crusade against the "unindicted co-conspirators" amongst Charter's prominent citizens, even those in the police department.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Peter & Kori go mainstream, and do it well.
Feb 16 1999
By A Customer
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The second in the Peter and Kori Brichter mystery series, the events in this book actually take place before those in Knight Fall (originally Murder at the War). The first book suffered somewhat from its esoteric setting (and I say that as a former SCA member myself); in The Unforgiving Minutes, the more mundane setting allows Pulver's plot, characters and gritty realistic style to shine through. This title is the hook that will draw a reader in to the series; one begins to care how the characters will develop and what happens to them after the final chapter.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
crime everywere
Feb 21 2013
By Lady Dark
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Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Didn't realize this was the second in a series when I picked it to read off my kindle, and it didn't read like part of a series to me, so its a good stand alone read. Only thing I didn't like was almost everyone was corrupt, on the take or guilty of a crime. Or at least it seemed like it. Very few of the characters weren't guilty of something. Good character development.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Didn't even make it through the first chapter
May 11 2013
By Christa Nichols
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I read alot, and I have high standards. This book just didn't make the cut. I was bored from the first chapter. The characters didn't seem likeable or real. I had a hard time caring about where the case was going, or what the case even was, because of the blase writing.
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