<< 1 >>
Rating: 
Summary: The Real Philedelphia
Review: I read the first book in this series some time ago, and anxiously awaited the follow-up. This book does not disappoint. The way Mark Graham melds actual history with a deep mystery is superb. This book is not for the faint of heart. If you really don't want to know what life was like in the late 1800's in Philedelphia, don't read this book. If you can't face the racism and rampant corruption in civic positions that occurred then, also don't read this book. This book is meant to make us feel uncomfortable in our complacency. This book has it all, racial tension, corruption, murder, phsycotic criminals, and even a little love mixed in. McCleary is a tough, but honest cop with a uniquely human and vulnerable side. He has to face his own demons as he deals with real-life ones. This is a great series.
Some of the grammar and English is not of the highest order, but I found that I did not mind and the story helped me overlook this.
Rating:
Summary: The Real Philedelphia
Review: I read the first book in this series some time ago, and anxiously awaited the follow-up. This book does not disappoint. The way Mark Graham melds actual history with a deep mystery is superb. This book is not for the faint of heart. If you really don't want to know what life was like in the late 1800's in Philedelphia, don't read this book. If you can't face the racism and rampant corruption in civic positions that occurred then, also don't read this book. This book is meant to make us feel uncomfortable in our complacency. This book has it all, racial tension, corruption, murder, phsycotic criminals, and even a little love mixed in. McCleary is a tough, but honest cop with a uniquely human and vulnerable side. He has to face his own demons as he deals with real-life ones. This is a great series.
Some of the grammar and English is not of the highest order, but I found that I did not mind and the story helped me overlook this.
Rating: 
Summary: An Impelling Tale
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed Mark Graham's The Resurrectionist. The author vividly recreates the politics, corruption and racial tension of the 1870's, and the mystery he spins flows at a good pace. Philadelphia policeman Wilton McCleary, a Union veteren who survived the Andersonville prison camp, wrestles throughout the book with significant personal ethical issues - and Graham's framing of those issues - theological, racial, social and McClearly's own role in the corrupt Philadelphia police depatment - gives the character depth. I look forward to reading more of McCleary's struggles.
Rating:
Summary: Fascinating historical mystery
Review: Some writers do a lot of research and then stop the story to show us how much they've learned. What makes Mark Graham's books so impressive is that the research is an integral part of the plot. The sights, sounds, and smells of 1870s Philadelphia are all here, and all contribute to making the story come alive. And what a story: racism, grave robbing, corruption, told with an economical style that moves like a bullet. I'll be looking for the next book in this very impressive series.
Rating:
Summary: More! More! More!
Review: Someone is kidnapping negro women in 1871 Philadelphia. Wilton McCleary is assigned to find out what's going on. He uncovers layer after layer of corruption in the police, government and elsewhere. He falls in love with a beautiful woman of color, a medical student. Is she involved with the disappeared?This was an engrossing novel. A little gorey but it seems historically accurate. Very fast read.
Rating:
Summary: Corruption in Old Philadelphia
Review: Someone is kidnapping negro women in 1871 Philadelphia. Wilton McCleary is assigned to find out what's going on. He uncovers layer after layer of corruption in the police, government and elsewhere. He falls in love with a beautiful woman of color, a medical student. Is she involved with the disappeared? This was an engrossing novel. A little gorey but it seems historically accurate. Very fast read.
Rating:
Summary: More! More! More!
Review: The books in this series (The Killing Breed, The Resurrectionist, and The Black Maria) are fantastic. When do we get to hear more tales of Wilton McCleary? Hello?
<< 1 >>
|
