Haunted by a reputation he earned by killing three men under questionable circumstances, Antonio Burns finds himself scorned by good cops and admired by bad ones. Unable to shake the tag of “QuickDraw,” Burns has stepped closer to the edge of society while still doing the job he’s paid to do and loving a woman who doesn’t understand him--and may not want him anymore. And with his charismatic but dangerously antisocial brother, Roberto, in trouble with the law, Burns has to manage his loyalties carefully: He is a cop. ’Berto is a fugitive. And they’d die for one another. When Burns is sent to protect Wyoming prosecutor Cali Morrow, a former ski racer being threatened by a stalker, it seems like an easy job. But Cali is the beautiful daughter of one of America’s hottest movie stars, and the stalker may well be a man working on Burns’s side of the law. Antonio has a hard time resisting the woman he’s supposed to be protecting...
I picked this one up at the used book store in Paris, Ontario during a family camping trip. Actually not a bad story, kind of reminded me of some episodes of "The Mentalist" in terms of the way different law enforcement agencies work together - or not. And like The Mentalist, one of the suspects may be found within the ranks of the law enforcers!
Pretty tame with very few sexual exploits, the book stays away from gratuitousness and focuses on the more plausible inner struggles of the main character Anton, and the weird relationship with his brother, which reminds me of Wolverine and his renegade brother from "X-Men."
Gets a little far-fetched at the end with the hero and his client surviving a fire storm while being shielded by the soon-to-be-baked body of a police officer, and also the fact that the hero survives an avalanche, walking away with mere bruises and continuing on with his day's work.
Yah, a bit far-fetched, but entertaining nonetheless.
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| Clinton McKinzie, the author, in his natural habitat. |
