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Never Play Another Man's Game (Wilson Mystery #4)
by
Mike Knowles
Following the first three installments in the mafia enforcer’s adventures, this whodunit finds Wilson taking up with his old partner, Ruby. The pair set out to take down an armored car carrying a huge payday, but there’s one problem—Ruby’s kid Rick is the one who scouted the job, and he wants in on the deal. Despite his misgivings about Rick, Wilson signs on with the condi...more
Hardcover, 180 pages
Published
May 1st 2012
by ECW Press
(first published January 1st 2012)
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Master criminal and anti-hero Wilson has finally extricated himself from the Italian and Russian mafias, and has been flying under the radar while looking for solo work. When he hears that the notorious con-artist Ruby Chu has been asking for him, he is curious but wary. Ruby and her son have an audacious idea, to rob an armored car that is carrying twice it's normal payload of money. They just need a planner like Wilson to iron out the details. Despite a load of bickering, the job comes off wel...more
Once again, I didn't realize that I was reading a book from a series, and that this was #3 or #4.... Gotta do my research a bit better. But, in my quest for staying true to as many Canadian authors as I can, this one came from close to home: Mike Knowles, the author, is a teacher in Hamilton. He refers to lots of familiar local places - James St., the escarpment, Binbrook, Christa! - in this look at crime from the criminal's point of view. A good story with so much double crossing going on it ma...more
Canadian Noir? Really a well written fast paced tale. More from Knowles would be appreciatyed
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