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"Harrison has a good ear for dialogue and a good eye for the telling detail. This is a good, slick story with engaging characters and lots of brio."
I am no fan of the sweet science, but if anyone can interest me in boxing, it's Mike Harrison in this excellent new Eddie Dancer mystery.
Eddie is deep in a crossword puzzle when Valerie Miller comes in to hire him. Her husband, Paul, is having a seriously bad year. First, he lost his job with a Calgary advertising firm. Then, when he went to draw out money from his ATM, he saw a man beating a woman. Paul intervened, and the wife-beater, a toughie named Victor Shriver, beat him to a pulp and put him in hospital.
Trouble is, the fight was caught by the bank's surveillance camera, and from that angle, Paul is the aggressor. Despite his injuries, the police filed charges. Then Shriver, smelling a quick buck, sets out to sue Paul for $50,000.
The combination of police charges, lost wages and a lawsuit are more than enough to finish off the Miller family finances. Somehow, Paul gets the bright idea of challenging Shriver to a boxing match. Three rounds, winner take all.
Valerie loves her husband, and she knows that he's too old, too slow and far too out of shape to win this fight. She also knows that it's possible he'll die trying. She wants Eddie to stop the fight. How? That's Dancer's problem. She's only afraid he'll be too late.
As always, Harrison has a good ear for dialogue and a good eye for the telling detail. This is a good, slick story with engaging characters and lots of brio.
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