Harriet Klausner's Review Archive
He left the Big Apple as a loser when he disgraced the blue inform he wore. Now former New York cop Jack Vaughn lives in Miami where he earns a living as a personal trainer.
Pellucid Labs Colonel (Retired) Andrew Patterson used to be Jack's client before his daughter Vivian dumped his exercise trainer for pornographer Randy Matson. Andrew wants to hire Jack to perform a special service. In exchange for $100K, Jack is to sink a yacht moored just beyond the former military officer's posh beach house. Inside the boat is the dead Randy. Jack initially refuses, but he reconsiders as he can use the easy money. However, by accepting the deal, Jack will find himself in trouble from a variety of sources while Jack believes Andrew set him up to take the fall.
This exciting urban noir paints quite a dark gritty Miami through the eyes of a disgraced former cop. The story line is action-packed, but driven by the two male leads as Patterson and Vaughn play a sort of cat and mouse game with one another although the former hired the latter to take care of a problem. Readers who appreciate a gritty crime thriller will want to read Anthony Gagliano's pulse thumping stark story, a one sitting read.