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Summary: Romance and heartbreak
Review: Kearney finds romance and another officer finds his heart crushed in the worst nightmare possible. A fine episode, well written and filled with interesting secondary characters.If you haven't seen the west in person, the writing in this series will draw vivid pictures, that will send you to the travel office.
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Summary: A suspensful audio
Review: Kevin Kerney finds he has inherited 6400 acres. As he rides across to take it all in he finds a dog with a running shoe in his mouth... this leads him to a body, well part of a body anyway. Always thinking like a cop, Kerney decides to solve the crime and adopt the dog, which he calls, Shoe. Also a lady friend comes to visit. Sara Bannon, who is on leave from the armed service. They take time to explore their relationship while he is working the crime. Michael McGarrity gives us a suspenseful mystery of murder with all the crimes that lead to it. There are enough characters and turns to keep you guessing until the end. I found it intense and suspenseful with a dash of romance. The audio is just right. It's read by a man who's voice fits Kevin Kerney's personality.
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Summary: KERNEY CONTINUES TO COOK
Review: Kevin Kerney, McGarrity's tough, sensitive cop, is back in a labyrinthine tale set once again in the wilds of New Mexico. Kerney has inherited land from a schoolmate of his late mother's, and he is ecstatic, even though he may not be able to pay the inheritance tax on it. While looking at his new land, he and his friend Dale Jennings, discover the bones of a female, and it looks like homicide. If that weren't enough, a local citizen, Carl Boaz, is found with a bullet in his forehead on a cabin on Kerney's property. These two crimes propel Kerney and his associates into a maelstrom of rape, murder, and burglary. And, Sara Brannon, Kerney's love from a previous book, returns to add romantic complications to his life. A side plot involves a fellow cop's plight with his son and the son's notoriously bad friend.
Again, the dialogue and settings are rich and authentic, and Kerney plows ahead in this excellent series.
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Summary: KERNEY CONTINUES TO COOK
Review: Kevin Kerney, McGarrity's tough, sensitive cop, is back in a labyrinthine tale set once again in the wilds of New Mexico. Kerney has inherited land from a schoolmate of his late mother's, and he is ecstatic, even though he may not be able to pay the inheritance tax on it. While looking at his new land, he and his friend Dale Jennings, discover the bones of a female, and it looks like homicide. If that weren't enough, a local citizen, Carl Boaz, is found with a bullet in his forehead on a cabin on Kerney's property. These two crimes propel Kerney and his associates into a maelstrom of rape, murder, and burglary. And, Sara Brannon, Kerney's love from a previous book, returns to add romantic complications to his life. A side plot involves a fellow cop's plight with his son and the son's notoriously bad friend.
Again, the dialogue and settings are rich and authentic, and Kerney plows ahead in this excellent series.
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Summary: another terrific novel
Review: McGarrity's low-key Kerney character is a friendly sort in a hard profession. This is a story of place and people, rather than precise timing. The mystery gradually widens and draws interesting characters into the building story. Having lived in New Mexico for a few years a while back, I like how well McGarrity takes me into the dusty rural corners, the many empty places, the immense vistas. He evokes the Southwest as well as Hillerman, but mostly in the eastern ranching rather than western desert half of the state. He writes as clearly as the mountain air.
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Summary: Carried me back to New Mexico--Great read
Review: Michael McGarrity does a great job of weaving the culture, history and landscape of New Mexico into his books. Having been born and raised in New Mexico, I am transported back to the 'Land of Enchantment' through his books. He has done a good job of developing Kerney's character to a real person, who is not perfect but very believeable.
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Summary: Another winner from Michael McGarrity
Review: Michael McGarrity has a wonderful writing style. The pages just fly by. He sets scenes in the beautiful New Mexico landscape that place you there. His books have all lived up to the high standard set with his initial novel, "Tularosa"...no easy trick. His pacing really works...it was like eating peanuts...I had to read "just one more" passage before putting it down. The characters are realistic, well defined and simply a great mix. The protagonist, Kevin Kerney, is unique in the cop/mystery genre in that he is pretty normal. He is not the prototypical flawed man who must ovcercome a myriad of personal demons. A limp resulting from a bullet to the kneecap is his only eccentricity. Kerney is a top cop, but also an excellent manager of people. His staff responds not only to his abilities, but also to the respect he shows all with whom he works. With all his field experience, he has seen it all and is hard to fool. He gets the job the right way and is easy to cheer for. His romantic interest returns, but her sidebar does nothing to detract from the whodunit aspect. She is a strong character, a good addition and we will see more of her. Mr. McGarrity has crafted a strong series with characters that stand out, all placed in a most atmospheric setting. I think he and the Kevin Kerney series are understated and underappreciated gems. He deserves more acclaim and recognition. He was suggested to me with these words: "if you enjoy Michael Connelly, McGarrity is for you." I do and he is. Do not miss this sereis.
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Summary: another winner
Review: Michael McGarrity's Hermit's Peak is another winner in the Kevin Kerney series. The action, the procedure, the description of place are all first rate. My one quarrel with McGarrity in this novel- please Michael, go easy on the feminine dialogue, it's NOT your strong point! Apart from that, this novel is a winner, easily one of the top ten I have read this year, and part of a series that I hope continues.
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Summary: Another Great Read from McGarrity
Review: Michael McGarrity's plots are well conceived and tightly written. His characters are well developed and very believable. If you have any familiarity with northern New Mexico it makes McGarrity's great decriptions of that gorgeous area all the more enjoyable. This genre of book is not Shakespeare, but I have read 4 of the Kerney mysteries and they are all great. I highly recommend them.
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Summary: Good read, with a few flaws
Review: Second McGarrity I've read, and enjoyed it, but not as much as Serpent's Gate. I love the South West, though I'm from Massachusetts, and he does a great job of describing the country, weather and people. Unfortunately, one little flaw bothered me through the entire book. When an estate is probated, the estate pays all the taxes when the estate tax forms are submitted, so the problem he manufactured over paying the taxes, just doesn't exist in real life. In other words, he had no tax problem. Tsk, tsk, I know I'm just a knitpicker. The bedroom scenes just did not ring true to me and while a little love interest is interesting, sexual tension is even more so.
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