"Exciting survival and justice in the Everglades"
Max Freeman was a Philadelphia police officer working a
beat and taking it easy when he's called to a neighborhood
store that has a robbery in progress. Even at a distance,
Max hears gunshots fired so he's prepared to go in shooting
but before he enters the store, he takes a bullet. Almost
as a reflex, he returns the fire and later learns he shot a
twelve-year-old boy. Even though it was a clean shooting, Max can't handle the
fact that he shot a child, even rationalizing that the
preadolescent was a killer in the making. He accepts a
fantastic buy out from the police department and moves into
an isolated shack in the Everglades. He's trying to
distance himself from society but that won't be possible
when a serial killer of four children tries to frame him
for the crimes. Max, refusing to go down without a fight,
uses himself as bait in the ultimate cat and mouse game. This might be Jonathon King's first novel but it definitely
won't be his last creation. He has developed a character
who, though he is one of the walking wounded, is a heroic
figure, trying to do the right thing even if he ends up in
trouble because of it. Readers will love THE BLUE EDGE OF
MIDNIGHT because of the complexity of the plot and the
exciting finale. Picture an angst-laden Die Hard Bruce
Willis fighting for survival and justice in the Everglades. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted March 2, 2002
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