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4.0 out of 5 stars
Timothy Cone is the man., 22 July 1999
By A Customer
When I see reader reviews lauding Sanders' work on Arch McNally, and then only half-baked reviews on his work with Timothy Cone, I wonder what the crime/detective fiction world readership is coming to.Timothy Cone is the boiled-down essence of the hard-bitten noir detective, not some rich fop who happened into investigations because his daddy is a rich lawyer. McNally? Gimme a break. The Timothy Files, and Timothy's Game, are Sanders at his best: a real character who fits his surroundings like the shabby hat the character wears, a man who likes rainy days because they fit his disposition better than happy "hellos" and birhgt sunshine, a guy who can get into the seedy underside of things and find out how the wheels are turning inside the dark recesses of people's minds. Motive, desire, love, greed, and yes, sometimes fists, knives and guns are the stock in trade of detective fiction, and Sanders explores that dark extreme most effectively in his Timothy series. But you won't see Arch down at the waterfront dive, extracting info from criminals by bracing them with implied and not-so-implied threats...he's way too busy with cocktails at the club. If you are a true fan of hard-boiled detective fiction, read and revel in Timothy's Game. If not, read anything about McNally...in between reels of Mary Poppins.
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