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suze_1624's review
4.0
It’s new and old all together!
Jimmy is back, so all is good again and this time with the evil Wu Tan I guess to be the ongoing protagonist.
In his previous style, he takes on an apparent suicide turned murder but all is not as it seems as he finds out at the end - friends and foe alike in the NYPD are using Jimmy.
Lots of introspection again, especially as Mallory recovers.
Baby Joey is the silent star and Jimmy’s solace.
I was excited for Frank and Jimmy but now the cracks are showing and can we all come back from the last sighting of Frank? Who knows, even if Jimmy can, will I forgive??!!
Jimmy is back, so all is good again and this time with the evil Wu Tan I guess to be the ongoing protagonist.
In his previous style, he takes on an apparent suicide turned murder but all is not as it seems as he finds out at the end - friends and foe alike in the NYPD are using Jimmy.
Lots of introspection again, especially as Mallory recovers.
Baby Joey is the silent star and Jimmy’s solace.
I was excited for Frank and Jimmy but now the cracks are showing and can we all come back from the last sighting of Frank? Who knows, even if Jimmy can, will I forgive??!!
claudia_is_reading's review
5.0
After the shocking ending in [b:Forever Haunt|53856817|Forever Haunt (The Jimmy McSwain Files, #5)|Adam Carpenter|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1591413537l/53856817._SX50_.jpg|63465895], Jimmy has taking time off to stay close to his family. Sitting by his sister's hospital bed takes a lot of his time, but he also manages to spend time with his nephew Joey whom has become an endless source of joy in his life.
Three months had gone by, and Jimmy thinks that it's time to find a new case. Except the man calling? He wants proof that his wife is cheating. Jimmy says no. But then, a week later, the wife calls: his husband is dead. A suicide, says the police. Murder, she says. Jimmy takes the case.
Soon, Jimmy is entangled in a web of lies and deception, one that has Mr. Wu-Tin name write all over it. Barone is warning him off from Wu-Tin's case; Staten Island's police seems to keen to label as suicide all the deaths while the bodies keep piling and Jimmy is in real danger of geting killed by Wu-Tin's goons.
Meanwhile, Frank is badly shaken by a gay-bashing case in which one of the victims died; and their relationship, which should be in a good place, isn't.
Jimmy is beginning to understand that he isn't as healed as he thought he was, that the wound caused by his father's death runs deep. And Jonathan Tolliver is now in New York. Alone. Another Joseph McSwain's partner, with whom share personal and business confidences...
The story is really absorving, there are so many twist and turns that I got dizzy, and the end of the case is surprising... in a good way.
Now, when it comes to Jimmy's personal life
A fantastic beginning, even as my heart was broken at the end.
Three months had gone by, and Jimmy thinks that it's time to find a new case. Except the man calling? He wants proof that his wife is cheating. Jimmy says no. But then, a week later, the wife calls: his husband is dead. A suicide, says the police. Murder, she says. Jimmy takes the case.
Soon, Jimmy is entangled in a web of lies and deception, one that has Mr. Wu-Tin name write all over it. Barone is warning him off from Wu-Tin's case; Staten Island's police seems to keen to label as suicide all the deaths while the bodies keep piling and Jimmy is in real danger of geting killed by Wu-Tin's goons.
Meanwhile, Frank is badly shaken by a gay-bashing case in which one of the victims died; and their relationship, which should be in a good place, isn't.
Jimmy is beginning to understand that he isn't as healed as he thought he was, that the wound caused by his father's death runs deep. And Jonathan Tolliver is now in New York. Alone. Another Joseph McSwain's partner, with whom share personal and business confidences...
The story is really absorving, there are so many twist and turns that I got dizzy, and the end of the case is surprising... in a good way.
Now, when it comes to Jimmy's personal life
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I just want to skin Frank alive. Jimmy deserves better than be cheated on. I get that Frank is in a bad place, but that is not justification. And I can't get Sal's words out of my mind:See, when I said I thought you’d be gone by now, I meant from my son’s life. He’s done this before, had these little affairs.I hope that Frank won't try to come back, and, if he does, thatJimmy won't take him back. I can only hope :(
A fantastic beginning, even as my heart was broken at the end.
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