Fifth in the
series, Corkscrew opens with Reid Bennet at home doing his job as Chief
of Police in Murphy’s Harbour. Biker gangs have been a problem before in
Toronto and a biker gang is about to be an issue again. This time it is
the “Devil’s Brigade” and they are looking for their own kind of fun in the
resort town of Murphy’s Harbour.
He has to keep
things peaceful as he is a police force of one plus his dog, Sam. With
reinforcements from the Ontario Provincial Police a long ways away, he has to
keep things on as an even keel as possible. For the time being, their leader
who goes by the name of “Russ” and Chief Bennett have worked out an
understanding and uneasy truce exists. It actually helped a bit that Russ knew
what had happened in Toronto so he has some grudging respect for Reid.
While the uneasy
truce holds, Reid is able to focus on a bigger issue of a missing thirteen year
old boy. Kennie Spenser went off with his expensive Nikon camera to take
pictures and never came back. There has been no sign of him, the boy’s Mom is
very upset and worried, and the boy’s drunk stepfather is of no help at all. Not
only do the stepfather and the missing boy have a history, apparently the stepdad
has also been physically violent with the wife. Clearly, the stepdad is a
suspect in the teen disappearance, but he isn’t the only one.
As in earlier books
in the series, plenty is going on in Corkscrew by Ted Wood. Not only do
we learn a little more backstory on Reid, we see the beginnings of a new
romance for him. That additional depth and evolution of the character does not
get in the way of the action and the mysteries at work in Corkscrew. Another very
good tale in a very good series.
Corkscrew
Ted Wood
Charles Scribner’s Sons
1986
ISBN# 0-684-18568-7
Hardback (also available in paperback and digital formats)
233 Pages
Material supplied by the good folks of the Dallas Public
Library.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2018
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