East Side

Rating:
Summary: Good novel on police procedure. Great summer read.
Review: As in his other two novels, John Mackie is more concerned with police procedure and catching the bad guys than with the "shoot 'em up action" found in other novels.

This novel is timely in that it centers around revenge killings of priests, current and former, for molestations in a NYC boys school during the '60s. Throw in a plot to kill the Pope and you have a page turner.

Something to enjoy on the beach or a long plane flight. Does not require a lot of concentration. Some of the sub plots, regarding the homicide squad, are better enjoyed if Mackie's first two books have been read.