I just finished reading The McDead, the third in Ken Bruen's
"White Trilogy." These are really great books. They are very
quick reads, seemingly causally thrown off, but you later
realize just how intricately plotted they are.
The three books revolve around Chief Inspector Roberts and DS
Brant, along with several coworkers, particularly WPC Falls,
whom they have taken under their wings.
Brant is a particularly nasty piece of work, truly proud of
his meanness. He is a drunk and decidedly non-PC when it
comes to his views on women and minorities. He is minor
league corrupt (free meals, rips off sellers of hot watches,
etc), but strongly believes in good and evil and will be
very, very evil on the side of good. His bosses (except for
Roberts) hate him, but he always seems to make a high-profile
arrest just when they are ready to finally get rid of
him.
Each book is complete within itself, but I think reading them
in order
(White Arrest, Taming the Alien, The McDead) is advised for
the character development.
Highly recommended, as are all of Bruen's crime novels.
Anyone know about his "legitimate" fiction? Is it also this
good?
Mark
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