Journal Entry 1 by Cassiopaeia from Cardiff, Wales United Kingdom on Monday, May 09, 2011

Description from the back cover.
When Catherine Ducane disappears in the heart of New Orleans, the local cops react rapidly - she is the daughter of the Governor of Louisiana after all. But the case gets very strange, very quickly. Her bodyguard turns up horribly mutilated in the trunk of a beautiful vintage car and when her kidnapper calls he doesn't want money: he wants time alone with Ray Hartmann, who works for a Washington-based organised crime task force. All Ray wants to do is get this over with quickly, and go home to try and repair his broken marriage. Instead he must listen to the mysterious kidnapper, an elderly Cuban named Ernesto Perez, who wants to tell him his life story. It's only when he realises that Ernesto has been a brutal hitman for the Mob since the 1950s that things start to come together. But by the time the pieces fall into place, it's already too late...  

Journal Entry 2 by Cassiopaeia at Cardiff, Wales United Kingdom on Thursday, July 21, 2011

R J Ellory's 3rd book written in 2005. There are a few reasons why I didn't enjoy this as much as his other work. Firstly it was just too long with far too much back filling. One of the reasons I admire Ellory's work is that he usually manages to place his stories in really relevant historical context. This time although the history fitted, there was just far too much of it, I was all too quickly blinded with Mafia family and names, it could have done with a lot more refinement and editing. Perez, confused me at times with his eloquence, I just couldn’t see where that came from. There were a few other minor points as well, but I did finish it as the language reached Ellory’s usual high standards and I have to say I really enjoyed the ending. 

Journal Entry 3 by Cassiopaeia at Coffee#1, Albany Road, Cardiff in Cardiff, Wales United Kingdom on Friday, July 22, 2011

Released 10 mos ago (7/23/2011 UTC) at Coffee#1, Albany Road, Cardiff in Cardiff, Wales United Kingdom

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On the bookshelf up stairs.