Unlicensed P.I. Duck Darley has found a comfortable niche above the streets of Manhattan. But a desperate text from Cass Kimball, the partner Duck once took a bullet to protect, lures him back into sworn-off vices and the sinister world of professional sports . . . Cass cries murder after her boyfriend tumbles to his death in the Catskills while researching the history of sports doping in East … sports doping in East Germany during the Cold War. Following the brutal killing of a champion javelin thrower, Cass herself is arrested on charges of double homicide, leaving Duck on an impossible quest for answers. Caught between the illicit underbelly of competitive sports and the shadowy criminals stalking him, it’s sink or swim as Duck stumbles through a reckless investigation that endangers both his life and that of anyone he allows himself to hold dear.
“Here be the beginnings of a superb series.”
—Ken Bruen on Under Water
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“Against Nature” by Casey Barrett is the second book in the Duck Darley Series. Even though I jumped in and read this book without first reading “Under Water” I had no trouble. I think maybe I would have enjoyed this even more if I had read the first book. There was enough of a backstory so that you were never lost. The mystery had a few great twists I didn’t see coming it kept me guessing and turning the pages. This was a very well written intense thriller with plenty of action. The characters were very well developed and realistic. I would highly recommend this book to readers that like Thrillers, Mysteries and Suspense type books.
When I signed up for the book tour, I didn’t realize this was a second book in a series. It didn’t change anything for me though I wasn’t lost or confused it was a quick read! Duck Darley is an unlicensed private detective. He’s a hard drinker who lives in Manhattan. Duck recently lost an easy job of teaching a socialites son how to swim. When his former partner Dominatrix Cassandra comes to him for some help solving a case he accepts. Cassandra’s lover she believes was murdered before he got a chance to write a tell all about how athletes are illegally doping. Duck doesn’t realize when he accepts this case how many crazy turns this case will take him on like neo nazis and more! This book does bounce back and forth from past and present. The characters were well developed and the author did an amazing job with with writing an intense thriller! I highly recommend this book! Four stars!
Miss W Book Reviews “Against Nature” by Casey Barrett , Kensington Publishing Corporation, July 2018
The author created a very captivating, intense mystery thriller. The storyline alternates between the present time and the past. The characters are well developed and well written.
Ducky Darley is a private investigator that receives an urgent text from his previous partner asking for help and he would do anything for Cass. Cass has lost her boyfriend and she thinks it was murder.
There are a lot of twists and turns in this book. It is very intense which keeps you flipping through the pages.
I would highly recommend this fast moving book
My Review:
Linda’s Book Obsession Reviews “Against Nature” by Casey Barrett , Kensington Publishing Corporation, July 2018
Casey Barrett has written an intense, intriguing, mysterious, suspenseful, riveting and page-turning novel. The Genres for this novel are Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, and Thriller. The timeline for this story is in the present and goes to the past when it pertains to the characters or events in the story. The author describes his dramatic cast of characters as complex and complicated.
P.I. Ducky Darley is being called away from his present job by a text from his former partner, asking for his help. Both of them had taken a bullet for each other.
His former partner Cass, has just lost her boyfriend, and feels that it is foul play. Cass’s former boyfriend was writing a book about doping experiements during the Olympics. There are dangerous emotional and physical threats, brutality, deaths, and betrayals. Who can Ducky depend or count on? Each person seems more shady than the last. There are twists and turns, and quirky and strange characters.
I would highly recommend this intense action packed adventure for readers who enjoy these genres.