Book Review: Scar Tissue

Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner

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William G. Tapply
Class/Genre:   Mystery   Legal Setting
Series: Brady Coyne # 17
St. Martin’s, Oct 2000, $24.95, 288 pp.

Sharon and Jake Gold are more than just clients to Boston area estates attorney Brady Coyne. They are friends to the lawyer. So when Jake calls him on Groundhog’s Day to inform Brady what happened, the friend not the lawyer drives to Reddington to provide comfort for the couple.

The Gold’s teenage son and his girl friend died in a car accident when their vehicle went off the road into the nearby frozen river. The police have already pulled up the body of Jenny, but still are looking for Brian. Although outside his legal lane, Brady agrees to represent the grieving couple with the police. He figures that the situation is very cut and dry. He plans to help his friends with funeral arrangements and estate matters, while giving them overall consolation in their time of need. However, the simple but sad case soon turns homicidal, leaving Brady to wonder what really happened on the second of February in Reddington?

Even before this superb novel, many mystery readers knew how good the Brady Coyne novels are. The seventeenth book, SCAR TISSUE, reinforces the knowledge that William G. Tapply is a superstar who deserves wide readership. The story line is cleverly devised and never slows down. Brady remains a strong individual trying to do the right thing. Anyone who enjoys a solid, entertaining investigative tale will love SCAR TISSUE and want to read the previous Coyne caper, MUSCLE MEMORY.

Harriet Klausner

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