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by John Baker (Author) "At first glance she was a nice old lady, but when you got to give her another look you saw right away that she was..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Orion; New edition edition (10 Aug 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0575402849
  • ISBN-13: 978-0575402843
  • Product Dimensions: 26.6 x 17.4 x 8.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 289,465 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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What with tracking her husband's killer for the woman from Scottish Widows, and investigating the death of a teenage runaway, Sam Turner has enough on his plate. Without a mentally defective King Kong lookalike trashing his office and trying to throw him in the river, car and all. And he could certainly do without Frank Taylor, a bad-news gang boss from Manchester with some very nasty habits and even nastier tastes. . . 'John Baker brings heart, invention and wit to the business of adapting the tough-guy novel to the realities of contemporary Britain . . . King of the Streets will depress the local tourist board but bring cheer to crime and mystery readers' Ian Ousby, Independent on Sunday

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John Baker is the author of four Sam Turner novels, Poet in the Corner, Death Minus Zero and Walking With Ghosts. His latest novel is The Chinese Girl.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Engaging, compelling and enjoyable, 4 Mar 2004
This is the third installment in the excellent ongoing Sam Turner series of books and it picks up the story almost immediately after the events played out at the end of the previous book, Death Minus Zero.
At the onset of this story two CCTV operators in the city center control room bear witness to the abduction of a young man noting the private license number of the car used in the event with a view to blackmailing the owner.
Unfortunately for them the car belongs to a local gangster one Frank (or Franco) Taylor who puts his two heavies, Ben and his mentally retarded brother Gog, on the job who quickly erase the problem.
When Sam Turner is approached by the widow of one of these men to investigate his death he is drawn into a game of cat and mouse which could well put the lives of his entire team at risk.
What is outstanding about this book is the amount of texture John Baker gives to each of his characters, both good and bad.
The reader is at once filled with empathy and sympathy for the plights of several of the players.
Empathy is felt for Sam’s crew especially Geordie who is embarking on his first real relationship whilst possessing the naivety and awkwardness that I’m sure most will remember from our early days.
Sympathy is felt for Jeanie (Gus’s widow) and the revelation of her secret self-mutilation.
These feelings are not limited to the good guys there are genuine concerns for the well being of Gog who, although guilty of many terrible actions, is too simple a man to be responsible for them.
All of this makes for very engaging, compelling and most of all enjoyable reading.
Overall this is a darker tale than the previous Sam Turner outings but it’s instilled with what are now John Baker’s trademarks of humour and ideal of the good in people that lend the work enough heart and soul to elevate it above many works in the same genre.
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