Reviews for Blind to midnight
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September 11, 2001, hangs like a heavy cloud over this second case—make that second gaggle of cases—for Det. Nick Ryan Jr. of the NYPD. Anyone who knows Nick’s real name knows that he wears many hats, has many skills, and goes by many different identities, from a street person to a fixer for a top law firm, as he carries out a series of highly specialized off-the-books missions assigned by a mysterious arranger he knows only as Joe. So Nick’s exactly the right person to be on hand and rescue Jonathan Lansdale Jr. from the crooks about to murder him at Fresh Kills, the storied Staten Island landfill. When Jonathan’s wealthy mother, Victoria Lansdale, wants to thank Nick by taking him out for hot dogs and climbing into his bed, he accepts one of these gifts but declines the other. But not all of Nick’s strength or cunning can save his honorary uncle and aunt, retired cop Tony Angelo and his wife, Rosa, from getting killed by the hit man who breaks into their home. Vowing to avenge the deaths of these beloved family friends, Nick struggles to bring his latest assignment to completion at the same time. It’s a case whose roots go back over 20 years to the death of Vlado Markovic, the one and only murder victim in the five boroughs on 9/11 who wasn’t killed in the collapse of the Twin Towers on that fateful day. Nick is pretty sure he knows who stabbed and shot Tony and Rosa; his only questions are who hired the assassin and why. Everything about Coleman’s latest production is grimly overscaled, from the international conspiracy behind the sky-high body count to the hero’s Bond-like sex life. Something for everyone, though maybe a little too much for some readers. Copyright © Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
