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...author manages, more or less, to stay off the metaphorical sauce for the rest of the book. But other problems bedevil the story, which is the seventh of Burke's mysteries about Dave Robicheaux, a cop who belongs to A.A. The series shows signs of wear. Other Burke plots have been fanciful, but this one is too big and operatic for anything but a James Bond thunderation...
...absurdly overmatched by the villains, a brother-sister pair of supernaturally brilliant, grotesquely evil neo-Nazis. Among the bit players are several Mafia capos who appear onstage every couple of chapters like burlesque clowns, for no purpose except to be kicked in the pants by Robicheaux and his ex-cop friend Clete; and a pair of career criminals, one Jewish and one Irish, who have been feuding since high school but who will kiss and make up in time to explain No, no, that authentic 1942 German submarine that keeps threatening to surface off Louisiana is beyond any explanation except...
...Stop the shooter!" shouts the man with the blue bandanna around his head. There's a cop nearby, but he makes no move on the 6-ft. 3-in. teenager who is taking aim. That's because the patrolman is one of about 75 spectators who have dropped by for an Under the Stars basketball game -- and the shooter simply wants to sink a basket. Every Tuesday and Thursday night inside Dunbar High School gym -- 12 blocks from the Capitol and five from one of Washington's most notorious drug markets -- the only shots the police have to worry about...
...Washington games of good cop-bad cop, Bob Dole often plays the heavy. But last week a different Dole was on display. While some of his Republican colleagues were busy blasting Bill Clinton's domestic agenda to pieces, the Senate minority leader gave every appearance of struggling to put things back together again. On health care, Dole asked, "Why aren't we sitting together? Why don't we make a list of all the things we agree on?" Later, when an angry Clinton blamed G.O.P. partisanship for sinking the crime bill, Dole declared that "playing the blame game...
...media to mount its counteroffensive. Lead attorney Robert Shapiro may be the master spinner, but he counts on a formidable team of private investigators to dig up information that will help his case. Heading this team is a seasoned duo of private eyes. Ex-New York City cop John McNally, 60, is the tough guy, with a reputation for playing hard, dirty and on the side of the Mob. Vietnam vet Pat McKenna, 45, is the boy scout who loves his kids, baseball and a good laugh over a few beers. Both have lent their expertise to celebrated cases; both...