Third Strike: A Brady Coyne/J. W. Jackson Mystery [Large Print] (Hardcover)

by Philip R. Craig (Author), William G. Tapply (Author)

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Hardcover: 399 pages
Publisher: Thorndike Press; Lrg edition (March 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 141040482X
ISBN-13: 978-1410404824
Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 13.5 x 2.3 cm
Shipping Weight: 522 g

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Two fine mystery writers team up for the third and last time (after Second Sight and First Light), with their series heroes swapping chapters and stories seamlessly. Tapply's Boston lawyer, Brady Coyne, responds to an anguished call for help from an old client living on Martha's Vineyard, where the late Philip Craig's ex-cop, J.W. Jackson, is being urged by his wife to investigate the death of a striking ferry boat worker. The authors, real-life friends, could not have gotten along better than their fictional heroes, who share a love of fishing, eating, family and adventure. The two friends pursue their cases separately and together as tensions caused by the ferry strike mount and a murder raises the stakes. This marks the highly enjoyable and poignant end to a short, sweet series.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Character Rich, Fast-Moving Mystery by Two Masters, Jan 3 2008

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This review is from: Third Strike: A Brady Coyne/J. W. Jackson Mystery (Hardcover)

When Philip R. Craig and William G. Tapply team up, there's bound to be a good yarn. Third Strike is an exceptional collaboration by two mystery writers at the top of their game.

Martha's Vineyard is isolated by a strike involving the ferries. The August visitors can't get off the island with their cars except by paying outrageous prices to private boats. Food and fuel are running low, and tempers are running high. One of the private boats is blown up and one of the striking workers is found in the wreckage. Everyone assumes that this was an act of sabotage that went wrong. One of J.W. Jackson's children knows the daughter of the dead man, and the mother asks J.W.'s wife, Zee, for help in clearing her husband's name. J.W. reluctantly agrees but finds few leads.

Meanwhile, Brady Coyne is enjoying August in Boston with Evie in the back yard when an old client calls and begs Brady to come to Martha's Vineyard immediately. Brady can't get any answers out of the client on the telephone but is sure the man is scared. Because of the strike, Brady asks J.W. for help in getting to the Vineyard. J.W. agrees to pick Brady up in his boat, and they begin to share stories. Heading off in Zee's Wrangler, Brady is fascinated by Larry Bucyck's rock sculptures. Larry himself proves to have become a hermit who has a fascinating story to tell.

Events quicken when Larry's story gains credibility after an unexpected act of violence. J.W. finds that he's pursuing a secret so dangerous that people are willing to be violent to keep it.

As the story develops, the pace and action get faster and faster. By involving the two lead characters, there's also room for much more dialog and shared detection. The combination works well.

For fishing lovers, the two authors provide lots of bait and schools of interest to whet your taste for the deep sea fishing. There's even a good fictional Red Sox story in the book. Those who love the Vineyard will be pleased to revisit their favorite haunts.

I thought that the result was the best novel involving Brady Coyne that I've read in over a decade.

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