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Settling The Score
PC Andrew Taylor is a dedicated Police Officer with many years service. Since his divorce he has descended into a pattern of alcoholism and reckless behaviour.
One day whilst on duty he is subjected to a vicious assault. His attacker is arrested, however during his rehabilitation Taylor discovers that due to technicalities his attacker walked free from court.
Enraged by this Taylor enters the nocturnal world where his only goal is to seek revenge on the man who attacked him and escaped justice.
But Taylor doesn't stop there and goes on a rampage bringing justice to those he feels deserve it.
One day whilst on duty he is subjected to a vicious assault. His attacker is arrested, however during his rehabilitation Taylor discovers that due to technicalities his attacker walked free from court.
Enraged by this Taylor enters the nocturnal world where his only goal is to seek revenge on the man who attacked him and escaped justice.
But Taylor doesn't stop there and goes on a rampage bringing justice to those he feels deserve it.
347 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 24, 2017
About the author
John Leonard
137 books13 followersJohn Leonard grew up in Washington, D.C., Jackson Heights, Queens, and Long Beach, California, where he graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School. Raised by a single mother, Ruth Smith, he made his way to Harvard University, where he immersed himself in the school newspaper, The Harvard Crimson, only to drop out in the spring of his sophomore year. He then attended the University of California at Berkeley.
Leonard was a voracious critical omnivore, writing on culture, politics, television, books and the media in many other venues, including The Nation, The New York Review of Books, Harper's, The Los Angeles Times Book Review, American Heritage and Salon.com. Leonard taught creative writing and criticism at the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University.
Leonard wrote extensively about television in his career – for Life and The New York Times, both under the pen name Cyclops, for New York Magazine from 1984 to 2008, and in his 1997 book Smoke and Mirrors. In addition, he authored four novels and five collections of essays.
Leonard was co-literary editor of The Nation with his wife, Sue Leonard, from 1995 to 1998, and continued as a contributing editor for the magazine. He wrote a monthly column on new books for Harper's magazine and was a frequent contributor to the New York Times Book Review and The New York Review of Books. Leonard rated highest among literary critics in a 2006 Time Out New York survey of writers and publishers. He received the National Book Critics Circle’s Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006.
Leonard was a voracious critical omnivore, writing on culture, politics, television, books and the media in many other venues, including The Nation, The New York Review of Books, Harper's, The Los Angeles Times Book Review, American Heritage and Salon.com. Leonard taught creative writing and criticism at the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University.
Leonard wrote extensively about television in his career – for Life and The New York Times, both under the pen name Cyclops, for New York Magazine from 1984 to 2008, and in his 1997 book Smoke and Mirrors. In addition, he authored four novels and five collections of essays.
Leonard was co-literary editor of The Nation with his wife, Sue Leonard, from 1995 to 1998, and continued as a contributing editor for the magazine. He wrote a monthly column on new books for Harper's magazine and was a frequent contributor to the New York Times Book Review and The New York Review of Books. Leonard rated highest among literary critics in a 2006 Time Out New York survey of writers and publishers. He received the National Book Critics Circle’s Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006.
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April 16, 2017
Very readable book the plot was interesting and it kept my interest all the way through, I wouldn't say that it will be a best seller but it is an enjoyable read.
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