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Settled Out of Court
by Bryan Marlowe |
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£8.00
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Format: Paperback
Size: 5 x 8
Pages: 204
ISBN: 0-595-47705-4
Published: Nov-2007 |
Tense, gripping and with a
rich seam of black humour,
Settled Out Of Court
is the latest thriller from
Bryan Marlowe—a man with a
literary mission of his own.
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Book Description
Rex Baxter, a
successful property
developer, with a
wife who despises
him, but tolerates
his philandering
life-style for her
own interests, and a
young son who adores
him, has a
clandestine affair
with an au pair
staying with the
family. While his
wife and son are
away he plans a
weekend of sensual
pleasure with the
girl. On returning
from shopping for
their supper he
finds her dead in
the kitchen. He
calls the police,
who find all the
clues they need to
charge him with her
rape and murder. He
is tried for the
offences, found
guilty and sentenced
to life
imprisonment. Ten
years into his
sentence he dies.
One man knows Baxter
was innocent—the
killer. But he will
face death himself,
before he confesses
to the crime. When
he does, another
man—Baxter’s son,
sets out to seek
revenge against all
those who had any
part in sending his
father to prison.
About the author
Bryan
Marlowe
was born in the City of
London, 1930. He left school
at the age of 14. He had
numerous jobs before
National Service in the RAF
1948/1950. He rejoined the
RAF in 1951and retired in
1971. Marlowe worked for 20
years with a northern police
force. On retirement he took
up voluntary work with
Victim and Witness Support,
coordinated neighbourhood
watch schemes, and worked as
a newspaper columnist. He
has travelled extensively
through the five continents
and lived abroad. He now
lives in South East London.
Review:
Brussels-based freelance
journalist Tom Slaughter
reviews Settled Out Of
Court by Bryan Marlowe.
Considering that he only
turned to novels two years
ago, Bryan Marlowe proved
himself prolific and more
than adept at handling a
range of genres, from the
whimsical nostalgia of
Memoirs of an Errant Youth,
via the military rough and
tumble of Tarnished
Heroes, to riveting
revenge yarn A Kind of
Wild Justice.
Settled Out Of Court
runs along similar lines to
…Justice, but
Marlowe’s choice of a
sociopathic, revenge-driven
young man as central
character lifts the
narrative into the realm of
psychological study, as well
as being a cracking read.
Dermot Baxter is the man
with a plan – his father Rex
died in jail after being
wrongly imprisoned for the
murder of his au pair lover.
Still at home but distant
from his mother, Baxter
embarks on a calculated
mission of revenge against
all those members of the law
and judiciary whom he
believes must pay for the
injustice. But the law is
slowly and surely closing
in…
Marlowe’s own police
experience (he worked for 20
years with a northern force
in the UK) is put to good
use here; the dialogue
between the ‘coppers on the
case’ is believable, even if
it occasionally seems forced
between Baxter and his
mother. By the same token,
the writer’s gift for
creating enjoyable
page-turners has once again
been employed – that we are
suckered into sympathising
for a cold-blooded killer is
an impressive turn from
Marlowe, and there are more
than enough twists and
turns, coupled with
genuinely suspenseful
set-pieces, to keep
thriller-hounds happy.
Recommended.
T.S.
Also by
Bryan Marlowe:
Memoirs of
an Errant Youth—a tongue in
cheek account of the
author’s early years of
employment in wartime
Britain and the immediate
post-war period of
austerity.
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UK price:
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price:
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Format: Paperback
Size : 5 x 8
Pages: 228
ISBN: 0-595-40750-1
Published: Aug-2006
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