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The President's Henchman by Joseph Flynn
Book Summary InformationAuthor: Joseph Flynn Edition: Hardcover Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published) Published: 2009-01 ISBN: 193514202X Number of pages: 411 Publisher: Variance Publishing LLC
Book Reviews of The President's HenchmanBook Review: Engaging read Summary: 5 Stars
Crisp dialogue, believable characters that one can care about and complex, interweaving plots characterize Joseph Flynn's 7th novel, The President's Henchman. Jim McGill, divorced father of 3 and a Chicago cop, solves the murder of a local billionaire philanthropist. He subsequently marries the man's widow who later becomes the first female president. Not a politician, McGill seeks a productive role for himself and opens an office as a licensed private investigator, to the consternation of those charged with protecting him. That makes him the First Henchman. McGill's first case involves a beautiful, incredibly fit news anchor who is the victim of an unscrupulous doctor who takes the treatment of patients suffering from emotional distress to a bizarre level. As McGill tracks the perpetrator, the reader is drawn into a series of other unique events involving the president: unethical behavior from an opposing senator; impassioned efforts by evangelical fanatics to promote an anti-abortion agenda; and an Air Force case of a lady colonel being threatened with expulsion from the military for adultery.
One is impressed with the level of detail deftly woven into this tale, from colloquial Spanish from Cuba, to an unusual drug application; from the inner workings of the White House and military high command to personality disorder issues; from the dynamics of divorced parents relating effectively to their children and to each other to matters of personal greed. In Flynn's fine hand, characters like McGill, his anxious first wife who couldn't handle being married to a gun-carrying cop, his beautiful actress-model-scholar-politician wife Patti, his lively children, the tough as nails head of security Crogher, the diligent lieutenant who is charged with investigating the adultery case are all distinctly drawn. Pacing, dialogue, site research all are well handled.
If you like Dick Francis or Robert Parker, here's a book that is worth your time and interest. What good news that the next one is coming out soon!
Summary of The President's HenchmanAs we've just seen, it's only a matter of time--and not that long a time--before the United States elects its first female president. Which will make her husband--what? Well, if he's the ex-cop who solved the murder of the president's first husband and brought the killers to justice...and if he's not the kind of guy to stand on formality...and if he doesn't want to be the head of the FBI...and if he takes out a license and becomes the first private eye to live in the White House... That would make him The President's Henchman. Jim McGill's first case is to find out who is stalking a member of the White House press corps, before that stalker turns the tables on McGill and maybe even threatens the president herself. He also has to be a shadow adviser to a young Air Force investigator who is looking into a he-said-she-said charge of adultery leveled against a female colonel working at the Pentagon, a case with the potential to derail the new president's administration before it has a chance to begin.
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