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S'està carregant… Hard Cachede Charles B. Neff
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Neither marriage nor murder are on Magnus Torval's agenda when he and his fiance, Mariela, travel to the tiny mountain town of Swiftwater, Washington for a reunion with their friends, but the recently retired police officer soon finds himself caught up in the rip currents of both. Magnus' promises to Mariela require him to stay away from police work but, as Shakespeare put it, "the course of true love never did run smooth." Mariela's spontaneous wedding plans and Magnus' discovery of a fresh corpse make for an unholy combination that threatens to sweep away their happiness and jail a beloved priest whose congregation fled Russia due to religious persecution. As events unfold Magnus, Mariela, a local policeman and a young Ukranian woman are drawn into an investigation that leads to upheaval for many and terror for some, exposing buried connections to art theft, organized crime and brutality during the Russian-Afghan War. Threads of memory and action, celebration and revenge, converge in a climactic confrontation deep in the mountains. Hard Cache takes a look at events forcing people to examine their commitments - past, present and future - in the light of day. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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Greg Takarchuck learns about the body and thinks that it may be his father. If if is, he hopes he will be able to investigate the case but fears that the police chief will put him on leave. Both fears are met.
In a story similar to Louise Penny's wonderful "A Rule Against Murder," when an investigator goes on a wedding anniversary vacation and becomes involved in a murder the he will help to solve, here, the retired investigator is about to get married and must reassure his fiance that he will keep to his promise to give up criminal investigations but still becomes involved.
There is more to the story than a simple murder. Greg and his parents are Ukrainians and Pentecostals. He thinks that either association could be a reason why his father was killed.
When Greg is on leave, he and Magnus work together to talk about the case. Greg tells Magnus that his father had served with the Russian army in the Russian-Afghan War.
Soon after, a Russian businessman, Vladislav Ostrovsky, also known as Petrov, arrives and tells Greg that he wants to look at his father's ledgers. He explains that the was Greg's father's supplier for the Russian antiques that Greg's father sold in his store.
The novel is complex and well told. A number of the characters had been in the Rusian army in the Russia-Afghan war. While on a mission, there was an incident.
The reader has to wonder how the killer will be found. And in the investigation, it is interesting to learn of the actions of men fighting in Afghanistan. It serves as a comparison to today's U.S. and NATO forces fighting in the area.
I enjoyed the novel and learning about a part of Russian history and of the artwork and artifacts that Greg's father was selling.
Part of the story was in the mountains in Swiftwater, Washington and the description of a lonely cabin in the woods and of the fierce cold, was nicely done.
I would have rated the book higher but felt that it lacked suspense and it could have been cut down to make a more compact thriller. (