Mathew Swain: The Odds Are Murder

by Mike McQuay

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553228560
• ISBN13: 9780553228564
• Release Date: December 1982
• Publisher: Bantam Books
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Mathew Swain, 21st Century Tough Guy

I first read two of the books from Mike McQuay's entertaining Mathew Swain series about ten yrs ago and I have just recently been lucky enough to have found the entire set, which I am in the process of devouring right now. These books showcase what I like best about Mike McQuay's writing: his incredible facility for writing snappy dialog and deft touch with similies and metaphors. I can still quote, verbatim, descriptions of his from his novelization of ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK. The Swain series has even better use of language.Here is a sample, "Sometimes when the wind blows just right and the summer rain steams the streets like the last foul breath of a concrete dragon, the smell of death rolls down from Old Town and hangs over the living like a hammer over an anvil--waiting. There's life in death, I suppose, the knowledge of the rind makes the melon sweeter. But then, I suppose a lot of things. That's why I make my living solving other people's problems."