Judas Horse
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3.7 • 18 Ratings
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
Not all killers can be tamed... The thrilling second book in the Sunday Times bestselling Detective Jack Warr crime series.
Wild mustangs are difficult to rope, their lead stallion wary and protective of his herd. To capture that special stallion takes time. He is separated, roped, and lead back to the ranch. Once tamed, he is sent back into the wild. And before long, he will lead the entire herd back to the ranch. He is given the name 'Judas Horse'. When Detective Jack Warr identifies an informer, the terrified man begins to give details of a massive robbery planned by a team of unscrupulous and dangerous men. These men have already orchestrated many audacious robberies, leaving terrified victims in their wake. And they have already killed to get what they want. Detective Jack Warr and his team must use their informant as a 'Judas Horse' to draw in the unsuspecting robbers, so that they go ahead with the planned robbery. However, one false move, and more blood will be spilled . . .
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
La Plante's so-so sequel to 2020's Buried starts more strongly than it finishes. Like many a maverick cop, Det. Sgt. Jack Warr, of the Metropolitan Police, has a "reputation for doggedly following his instincts, regardless of how dubious that course of action seemed to everyone else." Because he can think like a crook, his boss tasks him with catching a burglar who has terrorized a London neighborhood for five years. Warr's quick apprehension of the thief leads to a similar assignment after the police in the Cotswolds ask for help. Their beat has been plagued for years by burglars targeting wealthy residents, whose desire for privacy makes them uncooperative. Soon after Warr arrives in the area, a married couple are hit by the burglars, who use a laser to break into their home's safe and victimize their autistic adult son. More violence ups the ante. Nothing about Warr, who's so consumed by work that he forgets the naming ceremony for his first child, breaks any molds. The psychological depth La Plante brought to her Jane Tennison books is absent in this routine police procedural.
