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Day of the Tiger

(Carlos McCrary #5)

Dallas Gorham (Goodreads Author)

4.40 · Rating details · 30 ratings · 8 reviews

Opposites attract, right? Tank Tyler is a mega-wealthy investment manager and Pro Football Hall of Famer. Al Rice, a victim of drugs and self-pity, has been a miserable failure since being kicked off the football team years ago. The two men share a sordid secret that ruined Al’s life and turned Tank’s dreams into nightmares for sixteen years, in spite of his success—a ...more

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Jul 28, 2017 L. S. rated it it was amazing

Carlos McCrary is a private investigator, not a cop, thank you very much (quite possibly my favorite running gag throughout the entire novel). Hired by a millionaire, ex-NFL hotshot to help a friend, McCrary’s life just got a lot more exciting.

Now, please believe me when I say that this is, at its core, wholly a private eye novel. A modernized version, for sure, but it stays mostly true to the formula. It didn’t follow the ‘damsel in distress’ trope as much as others seem to. That was nice. Carlos McCrary is a private investigator, not a cop, thank you very much (quite possibly my favorite running gag throughout the entire novel). Hired by a millionaire, ex-NFL hotshot to help a friend, McCrary’s life just got a lot more exciting.

Now, please believe me when I say that this is, at its core, wholly a private eye novel. A modernized version, for sure, but it stays mostly true to the formula. It didn’t follow the ‘damsel in distress’ trope as much as others seem to. That was nice. While it remains committed to its genre, it defied many stereotypes with its characters.

I can honestly say I enjoyed every character in this, with the exception of the villain. I don’t think he was designed to be a sympathetic character. And he was good at making the reader dislike him. All the characters were integral to the development of each other, in one way or another. The plot almost feels constructed around them—that’s how well it aided them.

The plot was fairly intricate. Several overlapping story lines peppered the narrative. All of them were needed for it to feel complete. It really felt well-rounded. Everything made sense and I didn’t have any questions left at the end. The mystery part of the book was really disguised as background information and world-building, in my opinion. It was how the readers’ learned information that added depth to the characters and the world, without boring or overloading them.

I also enjoyed the diversity of the characters. I liked how they were treated and how the narrative came together around them. That diversity was another place where stereotypes were broken. It helped add a bit more realism and relatability to the cast of characters.

I loved the way everyone interacted. There was plenty of drama to go around, for sure. However, the difference came during how they handled everything. There was no unnecessary in-fighting, simply for the sake of drama. People got along, had good relationships and good foundations.

Action and dialogue were at a good balance. Action was carried out with realism rather than flashy Hollywood stunts. It really felt that McCrary was flying by the seat of his pants instead of miraculously knowing exactly how to escape a situation. That’s not to say things weren’t too easy sometimes, but he still at least hit a few speedbumps.

Quite possibly the series I’ll turn to when the mood hits me for the genre. Very well done. Excellent characterization. Definitely a good read.
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Jul 03, 2016 Michelle Stanley rated it it was amazing

Shelves: mystery-murder

Reviewed by Michelle Stanley for Readers' Favorite

Day of the Tiger (A Carlos McCrary Novel, Volume 5) is a mystery/sleuth by Dallas Gorham. Al Rice is a drunk gambler who owes loan shark, Monster Mofett, money he can’t repay. Monster tortures him and Al asks his wealthy friend, Tank Tyler, for help. Tank hires Carlos McCrary, a P.I., to protect Al, who has disappeared, but Al’s mother, Doraleen, is in danger when Teddy, Monster’s heartless thug, pays her a visit.

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Nov 23, 2017 Leigh Holland rated it really liked it

Day of the Tiger by Dallas Gorham, 313 pages, Seven Oaks Publishing LLC, March 6th 2016, Genre: Hard-Boiled Mystery. Warning: May Contain Spoilers.

Review by Leigh Holland.

Day of the Tiger is the fifth installment of a seven book series featuring private detective Carlos McCrary. Carlos “Chuck” McCrary served his country in Iraq and Afghanistan, working to make the world a bit safer and better, and has the battle scars to prove it. Now a private detective, Chuck continues his quest to make the Day of the Tiger by Dallas Gorham, 313 pages, Seven Oaks Publishing LLC, March 6th 2016, Genre: Hard-Boiled Mystery. Warning: May Contain Spoilers.

Review by Leigh Holland.

Day of the Tiger is the fifth installment of a seven book series featuring private detective Carlos McCrary. Carlos “Chuck” McCrary served his country in Iraq and Afghanistan, working to make the world a bit safer and better, and has the battle scars to prove it. Now a private detective, Chuck continues his quest to make the world a safer and better place, not just for the strong, but for everyone. There are two things about Chuck that I adored. One, he tries to be funny, but most people don’t get his quirky sense of humor. I could relate to that. Chuck won’t be deterred, and neither will I. Keep the groans and odd looks coming, folks. Two, Chuck cannot stand by and watch someone unable to defend himself get picked on by bullies. When Chuck was a kid, he got the crap kicked out of him by school bullies to defend another kid. He gave as good as he got, and the bullies left the kid alone, so it was worth it. This defines Chuck’s worldview; everything flows from this event and his decision to protect the other kid, no matter the personal cost.
Enter Tank Tyler, a multi-millionaire NFL player, with a job for his old friend Chuck. A mobster named Monster Moffett has threatened to kill Al Rice, his old college buddy and former fellow college football player. Al Rice owes Monster a couple hundred thousand dollars and is past due on the payment date. Monster smashed Al’s hand brutally and has threatened to kill Al’s mother if Al can’t pay by the new due date. Sure, Tank could pay the debt for Al easily, as he has paid all of Al’s other debts over the years. But Tank knows they’re caught up in a vicious cycle and paying off the debts every time only enables Al. Tank asks Chuck to protect Momma Dora and help him find a way to get Al to reform his bad habits that led him here. When the evildoers kidnap Dora, the stakes are raised and there’s no way Chuck can let them harm her.
Despite being part of a series, the book stands alone so it may be read without having to read all the prior books in the series. This is an enjoyable fast-paced hard-boiled adventure with plenty of action, imperfect heroes, and interesting antagonists. I had a lot of fun reading it and would recommend it to fans of hard-boiled fiction. ...more

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Aug 11, 2017 Vigilant Reader rated it it was amazing

Title – Day of the Tiger
Author Dallas Gorham
Genre – Mystery, Suspense, Thriller
313 Amazon Pages
Rating 5 stars out of 5 Posted 8/11/2017
No. 54 - 2017

My impressions: violence, drugs, prostitutes, human trafficking, kidnapping, good cop, diabolical criminals.

Main Characters:
Carlos McCrary – ex detective, P.I.
Thomas “Tank” Tyler – retired football player, CPA, multi-millionaire.
Al Rice – destitute gambler, disgraced football player, irresponsible bum.
Doraleen Rice, Al’s mother.
Montgomery “Monster ...more

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Jun 04, 2017 Mari LivTollefsonCarlson rated it really liked it

The Day of the Tiger
Dallas Gorham
March, 2016
274 pages (followed by other book excerpts), $3.99 Kindle
Seven Oaks Press LLC
ISBN 13 978-1530435548

“Be less like a sheep and more like a tiger,” private investigator and narrator Chuck McCrary tells Al Rice, the man he’s hired to help (216). This fifth book in the McCrary series might at first seem like a typical cat and mouse chase, but it’s more than that; it’s about finding truth, finding a reason to pursue right over wrong. Al has hit rock ...more

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Nov 06, 2017 Stacy Derebery rated it it was amazing

Good Read!!

I can’t wait to read the next book. I hope the main men of the series find love while solving crime and mysteries and the married men stay alive and married. I’m hooked on series. Gotta go on to next book!!! ...more

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Jul 03, 2018 IMHO rated it really liked it

Shelves: mystery-thriller

"Day of the Tiger", the 5th book in the Carlos McCrary
Private Eye series, was the first book I have read in this
series; it will not be my last! A Good Read!

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I wrote it so of course I rate it 5 stars

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Dallas Gorham is a sixth-generation Texan and a proud Texas Longhorn, having earned a Bachelor of Business Administration at the University of Texas at Austin. He graduated in the top three-quarters of his class, maybe.

Dallas is also a reluctant Dallas Cowboy fan (Cowboy fans: You know how it is. But he has no choice… He’s named after them, sort of.) Like his fictional hero, Chuck McCrary, he now Dallas Gorham is a sixth-generation Texan and a proud Texas Longhorn, having earned a Bachelor of Business Administration at the University of Texas at Austin. He graduated in the top three-quarters of his class, maybe.

Dallas is also a reluctant Dallas Cowboy fan (Cowboy fans: You know how it is. But he has no choice… He’s named after them, sort of.) Like his fictional hero, Chuck McCrary, he now lives in Florida in a waterfront home, where he has followed his lifelong love of reading mysteries and thrillers into writing them.

Dallas is an active member of the Florida Writers Association and a Senior Affiliate member of Mystery Writers of America. He chairs the Central Florida discussion group meetings of the Florida Chapter of the MWA, because no one else will take the post.

Dallas, the writer, and his wife moved to Florida years ago to escape Dallas, the city, winters (Brrrr. Way too cold) and summers (Whew. Way too hot). He is also a reluctant fan of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Miami Dolphins. (NFL fans living in Florida: You know how it is. But again, Dallas has little choice since he now a Floridian.)

Like his fictional hero, Chuck McCrary, he lives in Florida in a waterfront home where he and his wife watch the sunset over the lake most days and where he has followed his lifelong love of reading mysteries and thrillers into writing them in his home office. He is a member of Mystery Writers of America and the Florida Writers Association. He also chairs the Central Florida annex meetings of the Florida Chapter of the Mystery Writers of America because he can’t get anyone else to take the post.

When not writing fiction, Dallas is frequent (but bad) golfer. He plays about once a week because that is all the abuse he can stand. One of his goals in life is to find more golf balls than he loses. He also is an accomplished liar (is this true?) and defender of down-trodden palm trees.

Dallas is married to his one-and-only wife who treats him far better than he deserves. They have two grown sons whom they are inordinately proud of. They also have seven grandchildren who are the smartest, most handsome, and most beautiful grandchildren in the known universe. He and his wife spend waaaay too much money on their love of travel. They have visited all 50 states and over 90 foreign countries, the most recent of which was Morocco, where their cruise ship stopped at Agadir (don’t bother).

Dallas writes a blog at http://dallasgorham.com that is sometimes funny, but not nearly as funny as he thinks. The website also has more information about his books. If you have too much time on your hands, you can follow him on Twitter at @DallasGorham, or Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/DallasGorham. ...more