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Barry Gilbert #3

by Scott Mackay

Detectives Barry Gilbert and his partner Joe Lombardo are back on the crime scene and this time the investigation's getting personal.When a music mogul is found strangled to death in his apartment, there's little that would give seasoned professionals Barry Gilbert and Joe Lombardo reason to pause, but this is no ordinary murder victim. Glen Boyd, the sly music producer whom even Gilbert once threatened to kill after the man nearly destroyed his venerable marriage, seems to have a shopping list of enemies a mile long.From Boyd's former wife, and world famous folk singer, to a rock guitarist, to a notorious drug kingpin, it seems there is no one Boyd's dirty business dealings have not affected. But there is one suspect Gilbert refuses to include even though evidence keeps piling up. Soon it becomes a race against time for Gilbert to find the true culprit behind this heinous crime before his family is torn apart.With twists and turns even the most jaded crime reader won't see coming, Arthur Ellis Award-winning author Scott Mackay delivers his most provocative and thrilling novel to date-a story of family, loyalty and violence that is impossible to ignore and, once begun, impossible to forget.

Genres: Mystery

269 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Award-winning author Scott Mackay has over thirty-five published short stories to his credit and four novels: OUTPOST, THE MEEK, A FRIEND IN BARCELONA and COLD COMFORT, which was nominated for the 1999 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel. He lives in Toronto.

Reviews

[Ron · Rating 3 out of 5]

When I first started reading this book back on October 5 (set it aside to read another book) I didn't know if I was going to finish it. It wasn't that interesting. After finish reading the other book, I picked this one up again to try and finish it. It actually got a little better but not by much. I believe this is the third of three books in the series. I'm glad because the books just weren't my style. They weren't bad, the typical police procedural type stories.

[Andrew Oliver · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is about a detective named Gilbert figuring out who killed a man named Bloyed. Bloyed took Gilberts wife to France for a romantic getaway. So the investigation is very personal to him. Bloyede was found strangled in his bed and a broken arm. They found drugs on his bed side so they thought it was gang related but he was strangled with a women’s scarf. Gilbert smelled perfume on the scarf that reminded him of his wife so he secretly suspected her. It was very suspense full. I recommend this book to anyone who likes suspense and police books. He wrote the book for entertainment I say this because it is interesting. This book kept me interested because I like suspense books .The book was frustrating because it kept going to other things that weren’t important at all. Like Gilberts daughter getting AIDs that didn’t tie in to the story at all. If this book was made into a move the guy in the Transporter would be Gilbert because Gilbert is calm and collected like the guy from Transporter. The part when the Cubans get shot captivated me because the two main suspects were killed. No I did not predict the ending at all.

[Aspin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well written, thoroughly absorbing, good ending. 5 stars.

[Pam Vass · Rating 3 out of 5]

What did i think

It was a pretty ok storyline. It didn't take forever to get into nor did they over do it on descriptions of everything on the way to a scene......so Hemingway !