Read this one on the plane and during the layovers. Luther
Ewing is a detective for the Baltimore County Police
Department, but he's got a hardboiled superhero past. He was
dismissed from the Army after a shooting incident in the
Iraqi war. He was a mercenary sniper in Bosnia, with more
than a hundred kills to his name.
He's got a numbered bank account in a foreign country,
a fast car, and a centerfold girlfriend. He's got big
guns.
Usually I like this kind of simplistic machismo, but there's
something lacking here. Maybe it's the similes that don't
quite hit the mark. Maybe it's because the plot doesn't have
any surprises. Maybe it's because the other characters just
seem like filler material. It's a weak and unconvincing mix
of Mike Hammer vigilantism, 1950's drug propaganda, and
Unitarian psychology.
Luther is somewhat reminiscent of Trevanian's Nicholai Hel or
Jonathan Hemlock, but Crow's story lacks the cynical wit, the
great characters, and the vivid sense of place and adventure
that shines in Trevanian's writing.
miker
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