The Slaughter Man (DC Max Wolfe) - Crime Thriller Novel by Tony Parsons | Gripping Detective Story for Mystery & Suspense Fans | Perfect for Book Clubs & Late-Night Reading
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On the pitiless London city streets, DC Max Wolfe hunts a serial killer who kills only the happiest of families. If you like crime novels by Ian Rankin and Peter James, you will love this crime thriller. Who would you like to see dead? Max Wolfe is back -- the two-fisted homicide detective with a small daughter and dog waiting for him at home, and a crazed serial killer waiting for him out in the pitiless London city streets. On New Year's Day a wealthy family is found slaughtered inside their exclusive gated community, their youngest child stolen away. The murder weapon -- a gun for stunning cattle before they are butchered -- leads Max Wolfe to a dusty corner of Scotland Yard's Black Museum devoted to a murderer who 30 years ago was known as The Slaughter Man. But The Slaughter Man has done his time and is now old and dying. Can he really be back in the killing game? And was the murder of a happy family a mindless killing spree, a grotesque homage by a copycat killer -- or a contract hit designed to frame a dying man? Max needs to find the missing child and stop the killer before he destroys another innocent family -- or finds his way to his own front door. A murdered family. A dying serial killer. A missing child. And a detective who must learn that even the happiest of families have black, twisted secrets that someone is ready to kill for.
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I say that Parsons is back, but it is quite possible that for many readers he never really went away. I read a few Tony Parsons books more than 10 years ago (Man and Boy, Man and Wife, etc.), and while I always enjoyed his writing style, I tired of the content after a while. The plots became a bit too predictable, and there seemed little point in reading new books because I felt I could guess what was going to happen. That all changed with my first Max Wolfe book (the Murder Bag), and now I'm hooked on Parsons again. His compelling writing style has not changed, but his stories somehow seem fresh, contemporary and original. Wolfe's character is complex, with issues in his life, difficulties with his job, yet a tenacity that helps him get through. He's not an infallible super hero like Jack Reacher, nor does he have the self destructive tendencies of Harry Holle, he is simply a "regular guy" who, for all his flaws, is good at his job. When I find a formula I like in fiction, I read all that I can - all the Jo Nesbo and Lee Child books that have been published - so let's hope that Tony Parsons has plenty more Max Wolfe in the pipeline. If the first two books (plus a short story) are any indication, I will read any and all new publications that come out. I might even go back to see if I enjoy some of his books post One For My Baby.
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