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Summary: A compelling read
Review: Chicago Detective Thinnes specializes in homicides until he's assigned a rape case & a new partner, who happens to be a female with an attitude. This allows for some splendid sexist sparring among fellow cops & some hoary old gender apartheid jokes being tossed around like grenades.THE FELINE FRIENDSHIP is more than just a good mystery, it is a handbook on what rape is, how it affects the victims, the men & women who must seek justice for the crime, as well as our families Michael Allen Dymmoch's style is short, simple & compelling, I could not put it down! A complex tale of power in the work place & why men rape.
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Summary: Misleading Title but Wonderful Procedural.....
Review: Chicago police department veteran Detective John Thinnes is unhappy when he is forced into a partnership with the beautiful rookie detective Dom Franchi. She isn't elated that her new partner is part of the good old boy network. Both realize they have to make the best of a bad situation and their immediate superior thinks that in time it will prove to be a good pairing. Their first case turns out to be a brutal rape in which the victim is so battered her own roommate doesn't recognize her. The rapist's next target dies but the police recognize the signature of the perpetrator and connect him to two other rape cases. A break sends Thinnes and Franchi to the northern suburb of Waukegan where a series of rapes years ago bear a startling resemblance to the crimes being committed in the present. Just when they think they have a lead in the case another woman is abducted and the bickering duo has to race against time before she is abused. Anyone who likes to read a solid police procedural is going to love THE FELINE FRIENDSHIP, in spite of the crime topic. The plot is an action thriller that doesn't neglect in depth characterizations. It is fascinating to watch the partnership of Franchi and Thinnes evolve from prickly co-existence to one of steady understanding and trust. Michael Allen Dymmoch is an expert at creating a believable investigation so that readers understand what police officers have to deal with on a daily basis. It will be interesting to see how the Thinnes-Franchi partnership holds up in future novels. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: A waste of time
Review: I don't know why I bother. Police procedurals/legal thrillers have this amazing capacity to irritate the heck out of me. They are so unrealistic. Which is okay if they're not trying to be, but when they are . . . Why can't a serial rapist/killer ever be just your ordinary, garden variety serial rapist/killer? Why do authors try to make it all so complex? Please, this guy does his deeds A) alphabetically (victim #1 is A.B., #2 is C.D, etc), B) on the same day of the week, C) they all are brunettes, D) their roommates are all blondes, give me a damn break. Not to mention the author makes such a big point of his intelligence and organization and then makes him behave in a manner totally inconsistent with either intelligence or organization.
This is the fourth in the Jack Caleb/John Thinnes series. There is little of Caleb until the end. Thinnes is reacting badly to his new partner, and discovers that his wife has been keeping a secret. There is an absurd ending. The title of the book has no connection that I can see with the plot or the characters.
It's been several years since the last Caleb/Thinnes book. I don't know what Dymmoch has been spending her time on, but it wasn't the plotting.
Don't waste your time.
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Summary: Misleading Title but Wonderful Procedural.....
Review: I'm not sure about the feline in this book, so the title is somewhat confusing. This is definitely NOT in the same category as those awful "The cat who...." books. This is a great story about friendship, trust, and incidentally, a serial rapist, and has some interesting psycological insights, too. Not too gory, and extremely well-written. Stayed up late to finish it!
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Summary: Riveting!
Review: John Thinnes gets assigned a new partner, Don Franchi. And although he specializes in homicides, he gets assigned to the case of a serial rapist. He hates working on rape cases and he hates working with his new partner--a woman with a real bad in-your-face attitude. And the pressure mounts when the serial rapist becomes a killer. Thinnes turns to Jack Caleb once again, hoping for insight to find the killer before he kills again. This tightly written story will keep you reading and riveted to your seat. I liked the bristling relationship between Thinnes and Franchi, an interesting and complex new character. The denouement was unexpected, exciting, and satisfying. It's been too long of a wait for another book from Ms. Dymmoch but it was worth it! I can't wait to read the next book. Also recommended: Sara Paretsky's V.I. Warshawski series, Karen Kijewski's Kat Colorado series, Barb D'Amato's Cat Marsala series
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