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Fast forward six months. John Menden, beset by demons from within and without, has moved to the California desert to live the life of a recluse 200 miles (and half a world) away from the glitz of Orange County. Josh Weinstein, in the interim, has been consumed by the Rebecca Harris murder case. One good clue has surfaced amidst the countless crank calls and false leads. If the anonymous letter is to be believed, the bullet that felled Rebecca was intended for Jewish liberal columnist Susan Baum; the letter's author even went so far as to apologize for the mistake. Through a combination of diligence and good fortune, Josh Weinstein is able to identify the author, and by extrapolation, the killer. Weinstein desperately needs a mole, someone driven by justice or revenge, someone committed to penetrating the killer's inner circle and bringing back the needed evidence. Someone like, say, John Menden.
T. Jefferson Parker is well known for his excellent series of suspense novels set in sunny Orange County, California: Laguna Heat, Pacific Beat, Little Saigon, and Summer of Fear. Each touches on one or more of the sensitive issues that polarize Orange Countians (and, to be fair, the rest of us as well): street violence, serial killings, drugs, police corruption, and racial tensions. In The Triggerman's Dance, his best work thus far, Parker explores the ultra-right-wing factions for which Orange County is (in)famous, and therein poses a question that dates back to biblical times: Is there redemption in revenge?
Bruce Tierney is a freelance writer who sometimes lives in Nashville.
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