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May 16, 2021
A Korean War vet, falsely convicted of car theft is out of jail, searching for the guy who really did it. His father was a bird watcher, and that becomes very important. He gets involved in the usual sorts of schemes these books feature.
Happier ending than most.
Happier ending than most.
October 14, 2025
Al Duffey made quite a splash in the Korean War, but his luck seemed to have run out stateside. He got conned into driving a stolen car and caught. His mother passed await that night and he never had a chance to say goodbye. A little over a year in prison and he made his time protecting Jinx from a permanent put-down. As a reward, Jinx put him on the trail of the redheaded man who should’ve caught the stolen car rap. That trail led to Scottsville, Arizona (sounding a bit like Scottsdale) where Duffey, now an ex-con, is picked up when he intervenes in a bar fight.
And that’s when the trouble begins. One of the guys in the bar fight, Chet Covalt, is killed. Jinx is dead now and the bartender Jinx told Duffey to look up dead, too. See the pattern? Suddenly, Duffey, ex-con Duffey, is the suspect, particularly when he takes off into the mountains for a romantic interlude on the run with the widow, Gail, who has a twisted past of her own as a Vegas showgirl in a suspended cage and a scandal that put her in a forced marriage to Chet. The corpse of the other man in the bar fight shows up at the mountain cabin, breaking the mood.
Duffey and Gail are now on the run, with bodies piling up left and right behind them as they get closer and closer to the border. Duffey can’t make head nor tails of what is going on. He just knows he’s been set up as a pigeon, as a sucker, to take the fall. All he’s got is Gail and a detective back in Los Angeles who has decided to believe in him.
Webb’s novel is a fast-paced thriller, employing a number of standard motifs. The whole scenario makes little sense for a while, but hand with it cause Webb eventually pulls it all together and it comes together as quite a satisfying read.
And that’s when the trouble begins. One of the guys in the bar fight, Chet Covalt, is killed. Jinx is dead now and the bartender Jinx told Duffey to look up dead, too. See the pattern? Suddenly, Duffey, ex-con Duffey, is the suspect, particularly when he takes off into the mountains for a romantic interlude on the run with the widow, Gail, who has a twisted past of her own as a Vegas showgirl in a suspended cage and a scandal that put her in a forced marriage to Chet. The corpse of the other man in the bar fight shows up at the mountain cabin, breaking the mood.
Duffey and Gail are now on the run, with bodies piling up left and right behind them as they get closer and closer to the border. Duffey can’t make head nor tails of what is going on. He just knows he’s been set up as a pigeon, as a sucker, to take the fall. All he’s got is Gail and a detective back in Los Angeles who has decided to believe in him.
Webb’s novel is a fast-paced thriller, employing a number of standard motifs. The whole scenario makes little sense for a while, but hand with it cause Webb eventually pulls it all together and it comes together as quite a satisfying read.
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