Tightrope

Blue Maguire and Spaceman Kowalski Mystery #2

by Teri White

If Maguire and Kowalski don't track the killer quickly, the Los Angeles New Year may make a bloody entrance. White's first novel, Triangle, won the 1982 Edgar Allan Poe Award for best paperback original.

200 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 1, 1986

About the author

Teri White is a publisher, artist and prolific zine author.

Reviews

[Thrillers R Us · Rating 4 out of 5]

3 Vietnam War buddies, 2 street-wise cops, a handful of bodies and a stash of diamonds makes TIGHTROPE a gem of a thriller find. Steeped with snappy dialogue & quick and shocking violence, TIGHTROPE brings 1980s Los Angeles alive with all its grime and night time glitter.

Easily enjoyable by modern thriller fans, parts of the story lines later found in BAD BOYS (1994) and Lethal Weapon (1987) will resonate with almost anyone. Teri White keeps the Vietnam War aspect light & mainly through vague references, though it does play an active part in the chase.

The tension between the two cops keeps things interesting and doesn't weigh the reader down with too many domestic problems. Not necessarily a police procedural, TIGHTROPE satisfies on an investigative level and a race against time that litters the streets of L.A. with bodies galore.

Apparently the second installment in a series, TIGHTROPE can easily be read as a stand-alone adventure and shines among hardboiled cops & robbers thrillers.

[Alisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nothing very consequential. LA mystery