From the massive archive….
Cueball Boland, owner of NiteWise Security Company
as well as a couple of other things in Galveston, Texas, has a very unpleasant
task when he knocks on Micah Lanscomb’s trailer. Cueball needs Micah’s help
because a fellow guard, Jack Pense, is dead. Jack was on the job in the Demour
warehouse when somebody hit him on the head, tied him up, and then beat him to
death. Cueball wants Micah to go have a
look at the crime scene before they have to call the cops.
Jack Pense died in a warehouse owned by the
legendary Demour family. They are old island money with plenty of power and
connections and a desire to keep things quiet. Having a night watchman killed
in their warehouse is not going to sit well with them or those that do their
bidding. It also doesn’t sit well with either Micah or Cueball, both of whom
have extensive law enforcement backgrounds and distaste for local law
enforcement.
That means they intend to make it their case and
will work it as they see fit. Wrongs have to be set right, as best as they can,
in a case that will has links to crimes decades old that still reverberate with
modern consequences. The truth may not set them free, but there can still be
justice, not just for Jack Pense, all these many years later.
Featuring twin Texas story lines with one set in the
late 1980’s and the other in the mid to late war years of World War II, Long
Fall from Heaven is a powerful novel co-written by George Wier and the late
Milton T. Burton. Rich in Texas history and details, the book is a complex
multilayered read that is not easily summed up in any review without revealing
a vast number of spoiler details. Suffice it to say that Long Fall from Heaven
is incredibly good and very highly recommended.
Amazon Associate Purchase Link: https://amzn.to/3AdXBMZ
Review copy was provided by George Wier for my use
in an objective review.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2013, 2024
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