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Summary: Well done
Review: A first novel with a heavily detailed back story. That may be why the sequel is a prequel. Different view and hero make me look forward to more.
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Summary: Don't have to like the genre to love this book!
Review: Clinton McKinzie has made me a convert to thriller/crime/adventure stories. He truly has a gift for shaping character and plot, drawing you in to encounter people you care about in situations that are simultaneously extreme and realistic. I recommend his work to a variety of readers; it's a page-turner, a great escape into a world where McKinzie is the expert guide. The story may also encourage you to give climbing a try!
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Summary: Don't have to like the genre to love this book!
Review: Clinton McKinzie has made me a convert to thriller/crime/adventure stories. He truly has a gift for shaping character and plot, drawing you in to encounter people you care about in situations that are simultaneously extreme and realistic. I recommend his work to a variety of readers; it's a page-turner, a great escape into a world where McKinzie is the expert guide. The story may also encourage you to give climbing a try!
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Summary: amazing book--
Review: I loved the characters--all of them seemed so real. This author had done his homework. Cant wait for the next one.!!!
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Summary: This will keep you on the edge of your seat !!!
Review: I'm still not sure whether I'm more inpressed with the author or the novel! Allegedly, this is the author's first novel. However, the enduring excitement McKinzie's story provides keeps the reader unable to close the book. Clinton McKinzie has a style most authors are lucky to perfect over a life-time. I eagerly await the already planned prequel. McKinzie's career will be watched with great interest.
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Summary: Difficult Read
Review: I'm sure I miss a lot of really great stories due to my inability to get past an author's poor grammar or punctuation skills. However, in this case, it's the first person, present tense style that turned me cold by page 2. I'd hope it was a short excursion into the moment, but thumbing through the book showed me that it persisted until the bitter end. If you don't mind this writing style, I'm sure it's worth a read.
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Summary: WOW!
Review: Once in a great while I'm fortunate enough to pick up a novel that has it all-a sympathetic and resourceful hero, a plot wound like a tight spring, and excellent writing that pulls me into the story and never lets me go. That's the Edge of Justice. As a writer of fiction myself, I'm always looking for novelists who have great technique and a compelling story to tell. Edge of Justice is one of those books I want to thrust at my reading
pals and say, "Read it! This is a great story." Edge of Justice was money well spent and I can't wait for more from Clinton McKinzie.
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Summary: a character driven regional mystery
Review: Superlatives such as "adrenaline-pumping, heart pounding thrill ride" or "high octane adrenaline-powered" are some of the descriptions of this book on the cover testimonials of this debut by author, Clinton McKinzie, a mountain climbing ex- Deputy DA. His story is about a mountain climbing (no surprise) Special Agent Antonio Burns. In the mountains of Laramie, Wyoming, a young woman is found at the base of a mountain presumably the result of a climbing accident. However, Antonio Burns, in his investigation, finds a bottle on a high cliff with her blood and hair on it. The possibility of murder must be entertained. Suspects include a local hooligan who is a climbing enthusiast, as well as, the son of the DA, Nathan Karge, who is running for Governor. It is a case Burns must tread very carefully on. At the same time, Karge is trying a case concerning the murder of another young woman-perhaps racially motivated. On trial for their lives are two brothers whose only crime may be their racist views. Again, with Karge in control, there may be more than meets the eye. Clinton McKinzie can write. Of that there is no doubt. However, I would tend to disagree with the above superlatives. There is no "heart pounding" action. In fact, this is a character driven regional mystery with the unique aspect being the passages describing rock climbing. It is a well-written formulaic novel that, in my mind, never really develops a steady pace. The pedestrian plot moves leisurely through the book until the obligatory final confrontation, which holds little surprise. A warning to cozy lovers-a dog gets hurt.
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Summary: Every page a joy
Review: The Edge of Justice is a very dynamic and exciting book, well written, and with a wonderful plot. I would recommend this book to any reader. The author captures your attention from the first chapter and takes you through an adventure of a lifetime.
I look forward to future books by this author.
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Summary: Good Page Turner
Review: This is a good page turner of a mystery. The plot is a good tight mystery with some great twists and turns. The leading man - an agent with the Wyoming AG's office that investigates politically sensitive cases - is compelling and sympathetic. He battles his own demons as he battles the "bad guys". Woven throughout are his rock-climbing trips up the sides of mountains that add a different ingredient to the tale. The other characters - a wheezing, possibly dying boss; a near love-interest reporter; a group of on the edge rock climbers (and two clearly over the edge) and the ambitious up-and-coming politico-prosecutor - are all good and add to the book. The best supporting cast member may be Oso, Agent Burns' bear-like dog. My primary criticism of this book is the super-human physicality of the main character. During the several days and nights this novel takes place, he is beaten severely more than a few times. Twice he ends up in a hospital room. Despite the beatings and lack of sleep, he not only keeps on ticking, but rock-climbs mountains in bad weather and at night that he would advise against doing in daylight. The credibility of this part of the book is diminished more as Burns constantly reminds us that he has not climbed in eighteen months. The author also bails the hero out a few times with the near miraculous appearance of the county's only good cop - who happens to be a mountain of a man in a mountaineering novel - and Burns' brother, whose appearance on the scene is even more improbable. I enjoyed the book and would recommend it. The above criticisms bring it from a 4 star to a 3 - but it is still enjoyable. The character is likeable so I expect to pick up the prequel which has been published.
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