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Benjamin Tucker is a true crime writer<\/strong> living in North Carolina. He\u2019s the divorced father of a teenage daughter, and has recently been remarried, to a woman who is both beautiful and very rich. His new wife and he love each other \u2013 though they fight a lot \u2013 and he mostly lives in the guest house behind the mansion, just because it\u2019s convenient for his work. He\u2019s fond of his mother-in-law, an elegant alcoholic (sort of a mature Nora Charles, and her name is indeed Nora), and devoted to his goofy dachshund. The key to his personality is the teenage trauma of the murder of his girlfriend, of which he was briefly suspected. He spent some time in a mental hospital, overcoming the shock.<\/p>\n Now a serial killer has started murdering women in Ben\u2019s town. Because Ben writes about these things, he gets involved with the investigation, and it soon becomes clear that the killer has fixated on him and his loved ones. All Ben\u2019s brains and courage will be needed if he\u2019s to protect the women he loves.<\/p>\n That\u2019s the premise of Vengeance is Mine<\/a><\/i>, by Harry James Krebs. It was an enjoyable novel, with engaging characters I learned to care about. Ben isn\u2019t always prudent in his decisions, and I didn\u2019t always approve of his moral choices. But he was relatively believable, and quite likeable.<\/p>\n I hope there will be more novels featuring him.<\/p>\n Cautions for the usual stuff. Benjamin Tucker is a true crime writer living in North Carolina. He\u2019s the divorced father of a teenage daughter, and has recently been remarried, to a woman who is both beautiful and very rich. His new wife and he love each other \u2013 though they fight a lot \u2013 and he mostly lives in the … Continue reading ‘Vengeance is Mine,’ by Harry James Krebs<\/span>
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