Second Sight: A Brady Coyne and J.W. Jackson Mystery - Hardcover

Craig, Philip R.; Tapply, William G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0743260678 ISBN 13: 9780743260671

Publisher: Scribner, 2004

Synopsis

Suspecting foul play in the planning of an upcoming fundraising concert, Martha's Vineyard lawyer Brady Coyne and his detective sidekick, J. W. Jackson, work to safeguard a famous singer while investigating a charismatic religious leader. By the author of First Light. 17,500 first printing.

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William G. Tapply is professor of English at Clark University.

Reviews

Boston lawyer Brady Coyne and retired cop J.W. Jackson uncover more mischief on the tourist-mecca island of Martha's Vineyard in Craig and Tapply's second collaborative outing (after 2002's First Light). Coyne traces a runaway teenage girl to the Vineyard, where he bunks in his old friend J.W.'s charming family cottage. Jackson, meanwhile, has been hired to chauffeur and provide security for a famous reclusive singer during the week of a major rock concert celebrating human rights. When the singer's bodyguard turns up dead, the investigation leads to a spiritual retreat. Coyne and Jackson's paths intersect as they try to infiltrate the cultish shrine whose mesmerizing leader, a former lover of the rock star, is surrounded by armed apostles. Increasing violence portends growing urgency, but doesn't prevent old friends Coyne and Jackson from enjoying fishing, sunset cocktails and the island's traditional New England fare. The authors effectively volley the tension back and forth between the voices of the veteran sleuths. The characters feel authentic, as does the flavor of Martha's Vineyard, though the plot is a bit far-fetched, with most of the page-turning action bottlenecked at the end. Voyeurs of island life and fans of both writers' series will appreciate this duet.
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Attorney Brady Coyne, barrister to Boston's elite, regularly indulges in more harrowing pursuits. When an old college classmate, Mike Doyle, solicits his help, Brady can't imagine the reason. Doyle, he learns, is dying from a parasite absorbed while serving in the Peace Corps as a young man. He wants Brady to find Christa, his runaway daughter, before he dies. Brady's search takes him to the West Coast and back to Cape Cod, where he bivouacs with his fishing buddy, retired cop J. W. Jackson, who has a freelance gig of his own: serving as local bodyguard for a singing megastar on the Cape for a hip-hop Woodstock. Brady has clues that Christa may have come back East for the event. Tapply's Coyne and Craig's Jackson have a legion of fans from their own series, and both camps will come away satisfied here. Collaborations--between authors, between sleuths created by the same author, or between both--are often awkward, but this one, like the initial Craig-Tapply effort, First Light (2002), is an entertaining exception. Wes Lukowsky
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Edition details

• Publisher: Scribner
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0743260678
• ISBN 13: 9780743260671
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320