When this is over I'm getting a new partner.

This is the 15th stand alone book in Robert Thornhill's superb tales about Walt, a retired estate agent and property developer, turned cop in his senior years. Each book is a joy as Walt relates his experiences both inside and out of the police force, full of colourful characters, great crime stories, ideas to ponder, and lots, I do mean lots, of comedic action and laughter.
And, as always, George Kuch is the superb narrator, Walt, as he recounts his stories to us breathing life into every action.

In this book, Walt and his police partner, Ox, first meet Ben, a war veteran plagued with nightmare flashbacks, when he saves the pair from a home invasion shooter who had them holed up. Through him they become aware of the plight of many returnees as well as going undercover (again) to flush out fraudsters, celebrate Walt's 70th birthday, and are threatened by terrorists. And this is funny? Oh yes it is.
If you haven't get experienced this marvellous series, start now. No need to tell readers who have already met the Lady Justice of Thornhill's books - this one is highly recommended.

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The streets of Kansas city is safe again

Another great Walt Williams story from the very talented writer Robert Thornhill. I really enjoyed this book. Walt and Ox had to solve a number of cases in this book keeping it very interesting and entertaining. I love the characters and think this the secret as to why the writer can write so many books about one person, the support team such as Mary Murphy the bat wielding granny that isn't afraid to take on a bike gang to Jerry the joke who is always ready with a great one liner to Ox the gentle gaint of a partner that gets all the messy jobs to Louie the lip the pimp that always knows someone who can help. These are just a few of the colourful cast of characters that join together to make up a Walt Williams book and he keeps adding new members.
In this book Walt is plagued with nightmares from his last case of jumping of a building while being shot at. This force's him to attend a group therapy meeting where he meets Ben a war Veteran suffering his own post traumatic stress. It is a good job he does as Ben proves to be a handy man to know when someone is trying to kill you. Terrorists are once again targeting Kansas city but can a seventy year old cop put a spanner In the works and foil a mass shooting spree? They also have to find the time to go undercover in a retirement home, Walt as a resident and Ox as a janitor, to flush out Medicare fraud. Or is the captain trying to tell Walt something?
George Kuch did an excellent job but the actual recording wasn't up to it best, every now and again the volume would get louder for a couple of words before returning back to normal. It didn't effect the telling of the story just did it every now and again.

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