PI Harry Walker
Book Reviews
AKA
Private Dick
Hackney McTrite Book Reviews
Note: Since these
reviews Walker Jackson has
changed the title to Private Dick
Hackney McTrite. Thats all that's
changed. It's still a
superb story.
PI Harry
Walker..............................Molly's
Reviews
Posted by Molly Martin 5/6/02; 7:19:22 PM
Reviewed first
for Author
Title: . PI Harry Walker mystery
thriller
Author: . Walker Jackson
Line/Publisher: . America House
Book Publishers
www.publishamerica.com
Release Date: . July 2002
ISBN: 1-58851-446-3
Highly
Recommended
The Review:
Fifty-seven year
old bubble gum chewing chain
smoker PI Harry Milhous Walker is
down on his luck together with
close to his last nickel when
Letitia Infantino telephones him
with an offer that sounds almost
too good to be true. Mrs.
Infantino wants to get divorce
proof that her mobster husband is
philandering. She is willing to
pay a fantastic fee in order to
get that proof. Harry’s
schoolteacher wife is delighted
to know her husband will be
bringing home a regular check at
least for a while. Harry takes a
portion of his retainer and
trades in his rusty old Ford pick
up for a newer, sporty
convertible model Ford.
Walker takes
Letitia’s suggestion that he
try undercover in drag and
becomes Mrs. Estelle McHenry.
After purchasing his new outfits
at a local dress shop Harry
returns to his office where he
stashes his new undies in the
file cabinet under S for sexy. He
does get the pictures he was
after, his wife Sarah dies and
Walker finds himself in a heap of
trouble and dressed as a priest
before the matter is settled.
Letitia is a pain in the neck. In
addition to everything else
Walker’s cat Madame
Pompadour has kittens.
Writer Walker Joe
Jackson is a tongue in cheek
author who has managed to put
together nearly every cliché
ever heard in a fine romp of a
well written highly readable
work. In his ‘first in a
series’ PI Harry Walker
author Jackson introduces his
cliché loving PI with a flare.
Writer Jackson has wrought an
admirable fiction filled with
illicit love affair, scheming and
complicity. About the time the
reader thinks they may have a
situation all figured out, they
discover there is more to learn.
Walker Joe’s
personalities are full-bodied and
often hilarious in addition to
being highly entertaining.
Dialogue between characters is
fun at times as well as hard
hitting at others. PI Harry
Walker takes place in New Orleans
against a backdrop filled with
in-depth descriptions of the
sights, sounds, people, scents
and activities that can only be
found in Naw’lins. Writer
Jackson’s knowledge of the
area comes through in a most
acceptable manner. New Orleans
comes alive in the word tapestry
Jackson has crafted. The reader
is carried along from the opening
lines on a most engaging journey
filled with sufficient drama to
keep the reader engaged and
enough humor to cause more than a
few chuckles.
Enjoyable read.
Reviewed by: Molly Martin
Michelle Tercha's
Review
PI HARRY WALKER by
Walker Jackson
For Walker
Jackson's title character, PI
Harry Walker, a few short weeks
changes his life forever. A
lively and fast paced story mixed
with an endearing character makes
for a good book.
As Jackson
promises, his book is sprinkled
with cliches, but they flow
easily with the dialogue. In PI
Harry Walker, Jackson created a
flawed but likeable man, one who
strives for justice and tries to
improve himself along the way.
The action starts
when Harry sees dollar signs and
accepts the case of a mobster's
wife. She wants a divorce and
needs photographic evidence of
her husband's trysts. He begins
the case by spending some money,
sharing it with his beloved wife,
and figuring out how to obtain
the photos. Then an alter ego is
born, one who brings levity to
the story.
Harry gets the
photos but is fingered by the mob
soon after. He flees to
Cincinnati and begins digging
into an adoption case for a
waitress friend, which turns out
more prosperous than both
dreamed. Tragic circumstances
force Harry to go back to New
Orleans in disguise, seeking
justice for those who wronged
him.
One of very few
mistakes Jackson makes is
revealing an important plot point
on the back cover. He would have
served this reader better by
keeping it a secret.
Jackson paints a
vivid picture of New Orleans,
giving the book an extra
character and terrific flavor.
Harry Walker is well drawn, and
unforgettable. I await more Harry
Walker books, and I recommend
this book for an easy and light
read. Slip into a cozy chair and
jump into Harry's world.
BUY THIS BOOK
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