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Diminished Responsibility
How far would you go to avenge the ones you love?
Joh Ballinger’s wife has been killed by a drunken driver, and now, barely six months later, his daughter has been murdered by a religious psychopath.
For Ballinger, a precision gunsmith who makes some of the most accurate weapons in the world, the due process of the law is not enough.
Police custody would not be adequate protection for his daughter’s killer, not if they took him up into the Welsh mountains to locate her grave…
Does one evil justify another?
Joh Ballinger’s wife has been killed by a drunken driver, and now, barely six months later, his daughter has been murdered by a religious psychopath.
For Ballinger, a precision gunsmith who makes some of the most accurate weapons in the world, the due process of the law is not enough.
Police custody would not be adequate protection for his daughter’s killer, not if they took him up into the Welsh mountains to locate her grave…
Does one evil justify another?
291 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 1, 1992
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November 6, 2017
I thought this book looked interesting, but it really blew me away! In many ways this reads like a traditional British mystery novel, but for me it's a little bit edgier and more engaging.
The protagonist, John Ballinger, finds himself alone after the murder of his only child, an adult daughter, several years after his wife is killed in a car accident. As he hatches a plot to go after the murderer, he naturally faces opposition on many fronts.
The writing, character development, and originality are all outstanding. The only drawback for me was one completely gratuitous sex scene. It's somewhat graphic, but pretty short. I could have done without that personally, but I enjoyed the rest of the book enough that for me it wasn't enough to lose a star.
The protagonist, John Ballinger, finds himself alone after the murder of his only child, an adult daughter, several years after his wife is killed in a car accident. As he hatches a plot to go after the murderer, he naturally faces opposition on many fronts.
The writing, character development, and originality are all outstanding. The only drawback for me was one completely gratuitous sex scene. It's somewhat graphic, but pretty short. I could have done without that personally, but I enjoyed the rest of the book enough that for me it wasn't enough to lose a star.
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September 10, 2019top level psychological thriller. I was interested in the air-rifle technology and was gratified to see the realistic levels of that technology used. The plot turns were masterful and not telegraphed. Excellent read and I will highly recommend it.
July 21, 2017
Disturbing
Many twists and turns. Air gun expertise and craftsmanship. Police intuition proves reliable but hard to prove. The killer of the killer is cold hearted.
Many twists and turns. Air gun expertise and craftsmanship. Police intuition proves reliable but hard to prove. The killer of the killer is cold hearted.
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