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Work InformationThe Knowland Retribution (The Locator Series) by Richard Greener
   None No current Talk conversations about this book.   ) kathp | Jun 10, 2022 |  Now that's done, let's discuss the book. It's centered around Walter Sherman, an Vietnam vet who has a knack for finding people/things. He's been hired to find a person who's been killing people associated with a company who sold E. Coli-tainted meat that caused many deaths. We find out the identity of the killer pretty quick and the book goes through the viewpoints of several different characters including: the killer, Walter, the potential targets, and a reporter. Having a person who is just someone who finds people makes for an interesting approach to what could otherwise be a relatively standard thriller. The characters, including a sympathetic villain, make it a better novel and the ending is different than one would expect. (  ) tjl | Jan 2, 2020 | ) Michelle_Boyea | Jun 7, 2019 | Their is new real mystery in the book, but the delight is in the full story slowly unfolding, while characters are developed more fully. The new show, The Finder, is loosely based on these Walter Sherman books. I've enjoyed the show Bones, which was developed by the same people working on The Finder. I also enjoyed the books by Kathy Reichs that Bones is based one. So I figured that's two good reasons to give these books a shot. Glad I did. I will certainly be looking for the next one. ( ) VanChocStrawberry | Apr 2, 2018 | Unlike any "mystery" book I've read, I quite enjoyed a different approach to "the" format. This mystery doesn't hold back the killer's identity for a big reveal near the end, you know who is choosing to assasinate the people responsible for several deathes due to e. coli infested hamburger from the beginning of the book. Free of this plot-focused device, this book has enjoyable characterization for each of the main players as they struggle with how they are going to perform in the roles forced upon them. Really, it was like reading a mystery masquerading as "classy lit". Kind of like Gilead, but with a plot. I enjoyed and am requesting the next book from the library as soon as I submit this review. ( ) drhapgood | Jul 27, 2014 | no reviews | add a review
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HTML: With tainted meat the weapon and corporate greed the motive, The Knowland Retribution is an extremely topical suspense-revenge thriller. Walter Sherman, a/k/a the Locator, is a tracker who honed his skills in Vietnam. The colorful cast of characters also includes Sherman's two friendsā??a bartender with a mysterious past and an old black man who smokes like a chimney; a feisty young woman who writes obituaries for the New York Times; a southern lawyer who has lost everything and has only one thing to live for; and a group of Wall Street investment bankers who make a deadly decision. The action takes the reader from a tiny Caribbean bar on the island of St. John to the editorial boardroom of the New York Times, from the gleaming skyline of Atlanta to the isolation of northern New Mexico, from Adirondack hideouts to Manhattan suites to Mississippi backwoods. This complex and compelling mystery thriller is the first in a series featuring Walter Sherman as the Locator. No library descriptions found. |
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