Escape Clause (A Billy Tasker Mystery) - Softcover

Born, James O.

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9780425214541: Escape Clause (A Billy Tasker Mystery)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0425214540 ISBN 13: 9780425214541
Publisher: Berkley, 2007

Synopsis

Taking on a seemingly less stressful inmate homicide case for the governor, FDLE agent Bill Tasker encounters unexpected complications in the prison captain's unorthodox disciplinary practices, the psych ward's misplacement of mental patients, and an inspector's dark secrets. Reprint.

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About the Author

James O. Born is a special agent with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, where he is involved with a wide variety of criminal investigations. He has also worked with the U.S. Marshals Service.

From Publishers Weekly

In Born's occasionally flat but mostly rewarding third crime thriller to feature Bill Tasker, the dogged, genial Florida Department of Law Enforcement agent looks into the murder of Rick Dewalt, a privileged inmate at the Manatee Correctional Prison in rural Gladesville, Fla. Tasker is nearing burnout after a couple of intricate, dangerous cases (presumably those chronicled in the first two novels in the series, Walking Money and Shock Wave), and after shooting a bank robber while off-duty (this shocking scene opens the book and is one of its best). The correctional officers at Manatee guard their turf with predictable jealousy, but it becomes apparent that Dewalt's murder is part of some much larger scheme. Tasker finds himself both hunter and hunted as he delves deeper. Born is good at characterization, notably the refreshingly modest Tasker, and the story line is reasonably plausible, but some awkward plotting and extraneous detail suggest Born is still learning his craft while retaining his "day job" as a special agent in the FDLE.
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Publisher
Berkley
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0425214540
ISBN 13 
9780425214541
Binding
Mass Market Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
336
Rating
  • 3.86 out of 5 stars
    195 ratings by Goodreads

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