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The first in the Cooper MacLeish mystery series. A an old college love of Cooper's has died, and Cooper wants to discover why. The police have ruled it a suicide, but the woman's son insists it's murder. Cooper isn't sure, but agrees to look into it. When a couple of hard guys start following Cooper around and an attempt is made on the son's life, Cooper thinks maybe there's something to the kid's story. Hard guys beware. In Cooper MacLeish, Reaves has created an interesting main character. Cooper is a cab driver and Vietnam vet, well-read and a little world-weary. Cooper's operating principle is that, for evil to triumph, it only requires good people to do nothing. For all his Weltenschmerz, Cooper is a stand-up guy who does what needs to be done. Reaves is a good writer, who knows how to craft an interesting story, and he gives a good sense of his Chicago setting. That said, it's the character of Cooper MacLeish that carries these stories for me. I'd kinda like to go down to Burk's, his favorite neighborhood dive, and have a couple beers with him.

2022-12-24 05:27