"A very exciting private detective novel"
In Southampton, Long Island, private investigator Frank
Gannon hires Declan MacManus to tail a client's son-in-law
who might be cheating. Declan wants to say no, but cannot
allow his best friend Augie, still recovering from severe
injuries, to go on the case alone. Augie and Declan conduct a stakeout in a lonely back
road when they notice a person in the nearby woods. Soon a
car arrives followed by explosion with the vehicle falling
into a pond. Declan pulls the driver out of the water, but
is too late to save the teenage girl. Because of his poor
relationship with the police chief, Declan leaves the
area. Later, Augie informs Declan that the police
destroyed the crime scene evidence. That night both men
are separately attacked with Augie killing one of his
assailants and Declan badly injuring his. The police
arrest Augie for murder, forcing Declan to take his buddy's
teenage daughter into his home while trying to prove his
friend's innocence against a conspiracy that includes the
police. THE BONE ORCHARD is an exciting private detective
mystery that belies the fact that this book is D. Daniel
Judson's first novel. The story line is loaded with action
as readers take a tour of the underbelly of the Hamptons.
Declan adheres to what he believes is morally correct and
is aided by the secondary characters providing depth so
that readers fully grasp how much ethics mean to him and
how much future appearances by him will mean to the
audience. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted February 21, 2002
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