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Author: George P. Pelecanos
ISBN : B00BAXFH72
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Every man has his dark side...Spero Lucas confronts his own in the most explosive thriller yet from one of America's best-loved crime writers.The job seems simple enough: retrieve the valuable painting--"The Double"--Grace Kinkaid's ex-boyfriend stole from her. It's the sort of thing Spero Lucas specializes in: finding what's missing, and doing it quietly. But Grace wants more. She wants Lucas to find the man who humiliated her--a violent career criminal with a small gang of brutal thugs at his beck and call.
Lucas is a man who knows how to get what he wants, whether it's a thief on the run--or a married woman. In the midst of a steamy, passionate love affair that he knows can't last, in pursuit of a dangerous man who will stop at nothing to get what he wants, Lucas is forced to decide what kind of man he is--and how far he'll go to get what he wants.Books with free ebook downloads available Epub The Double (Spero Lucas) [Kindle Edition]
- File Size: 599 KB
- Print Length: 305 pages
- Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1409114597
- Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (October 8, 2013)
- Sold by: Hachette Book Group
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00BAXFH72
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,762 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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"The Double" is a fine crime thriller set in the Nation's capital and environs, bringing the author back to home turf in a contemporary story. Some well drawn characters here, including protagonist Spero Lucas, a private eye with a military background and a very physical bent. The novel includes several cases running parallel, with all involving crimes against women (fraud, theft, murder and assault.) As a defender of female interests (and with a very active libido) Lucas takes on some very tough, though not so smart, criminals. His primary task in "The Double" is to retrieve a valuable painting stolen from a woman who has been badly misused by a manipulating lothario who serially targets lonely women.
Pelicanos makes his protagonist Lucas a very physical and slightly off-kilter guy who never shrinks from violent confrontation. It makes for an adrenalin-filled read. The book is well paced and includes a satisfying ending that gives a clear hint that Lucas could well appear in a sequel.
As a Washingtonian, I liked the familiar geographic settings and the up-to-date political asides and plentiful references to local culture--especially music.
I don't know if the publishers read Amazon reviews, but if they do--they might look into one glittering mistake in the story where hero Lucas takes two showers within 15 minutes of each other (o/a page 122) with not much action in between. This still recognizing that Lucas appears inclined to take a lot of showers for legitimate reasons throughout this novel. Just sayin"
One last observation--I was reading "The Double" in a week when one of the masters of the genre--Elmore Leonard--died. He can't be replaced, but Pelicanos certainly approaches his skill with evocation of place and in the portrayal of many of his offbeat characters.
By Blue in Washington
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I have been a fan of Pelecanos for many years, but this book is not worthy of him. The book is filled (padded) with tons of sex, vulgarity and gratuitous violence. The characters are all matchsticks. The "plot" is standard off the shelf: Bad guy does a bad thing, good guy is hired to chase him down. Good guy finds bad guy and throws his gun away. The two of them get into a long physical confrontation and the good guy wins. I'm afraid George should stick to television or soaps.
By Neil N. Bernstein
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