Richard Abshire wrote three novels about Dallas p.i. Jack
Kyle. The novels are Dallas Drop (1989), Turnaround Jack
(1990), and The Dallas Deception
(1992). The one that I picked up for Southwest Month is The
Dallas Deception.
Jack Kyle is an interesting guy. He has so little dough that
he has to live in his office, but of course he has integrity,
and if you have that, you don't need money. The case begins
with the familiar amateur porn-tape gambit, but by the end
it's become a lot more complicated than that. In fact, far
too complicated for my tastes. It veers off into something
that's almost science fiction, and the wrap-up goes on
forever. At nearly 300 pages, this book is at least 100 pages
longer than the Dallas p.i. novel
(W. Glenn Duncan's Rafferty: Poor Dead Cricket) I reported on
a few days ago. The writing style in this one might be a
little slicker, but I have to confess that I preferred
Duncan's book.
Bill Crider
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