The Final Reckoning (McMurtrie and Drake Legal Thrillers #4)

I knew going into this one what would inevitably happen with the Professor. I had expected to be gutted at some point with his outcome. I am not sure if I\’m sad or glad that I was left feeling somewhat gratified with how it played out. Long live the Professor! Anyhow, the rest of this story. I will admit, not a lot happens in this one. It went slower than the previous three books. This one concentrated more on the characters than the mystery of the story. I am still pleased with how the book turned out overall. As usual, I just can\’t get enough of the characters. I\’m glad Mr. Bailey has now started a series for Bo Haynes. We will get to see more of these characters and other side characters in the future. (I already read the first two books in Bo\’s series, so I am ahead of the game here.) In a nutshell, I am going to again recommend this series. It must be read in order. I don\’t think you\’ll be disappointed.

First of all, I\’m a retired police officer, 28 years of law enforcement. I really love reading, learned to read via comic books, the classics, and just every genre of books. Robert Bailey\’s books kept me riveted to the series. I could identify with the people in the books… my mind sees the book..like a movie. This to me makes a good read, when I am identifying myself and my alter ego in the story. I hear the guns, see the explosions in the story, I can get teary eyed at times… having experienced sliding across a bloody floor from a double murder…to having a bandass on top of me with my S&W .357 Revolver… and more… it\’s easy for me to \”see\” the action. I\’ll miss Tom McMurtrie!

A very good book tying everything together! Read the first 3 to get the full impact of how great the ending is!

I know Bob can only write books so fast – like all great character authors, we finish one book and want the next one quickly. The wait for this one was difficult, but well worth it! It took a matter of seconds to reconnect to the people we\’ve met in the earlier books and become emotionally invested in their latest adventures. I live in the area where the books are set, so it\’s a bonus for me to be able to envision the story in my mind\’s eye. I knew how the book would end for the Professor and thought the sadness may overshadow the story line. There was just no time for that as I was too caught up in the action. There are a handful of authors I read time and again and Bob is one of those. I just finished The Final Reckoning, but the next stories with The General and Bo are already on my watch list. If you have not read this series, you owe it to yourself to read them now and add Bob to your list of \”never miss\” authors.

Make sure you have a supply of strong caffeine, and a while to read because . . . When you start reading this book, you will need to be prepared to sit and read for a while. You will also need a large mug for that strong caffeine beside your easy chair together with a box of Kleenex. This is a 4-hankie book, especially if you are familiar with and love our family of characters. In The Final Reckoning, we bid adieu to former law professor Thomas Jackson McMurtrie, Dr. Tom McMurtrie, his son, Jackson and Julie, his grandchildren, Rick Drake, his law partner, Bo Haynes and his wife Jasmine, J.T., his son, and District Attorney General Helen Lewis, prosecutor and good friend of the Professor. I will never regret becoming acquainted with certain authors, such as Melinda Leigh and Kendra Elliot, who write mysteries/thrillers. individually and together, Tim Tigner, a former CIA agent (you must read his autobiographical sketch), who writes thrillers, Nancy Herkness who writes romance novels, Steve Robinson, author of historical/genealogical novels, Jacqueline Winspear, author of the popular Maisie Dobbs series, and, of course, Robert Bailey, who writes legal thrillers,. As a matter of fact, I preorder each new book by all of these authors as soon as preorder is offered. JimBone Wheeler, a hired killer, is on death row for the murder of RayRay Pickalew, an attorney from Pulaski, Tennessee. Because of this, Wheeler is in the Tennessee State Prison but has assured the Professor that his day of reckoning is coming. Three days prior to his execution, Wheeler breaks out of prison and thus begins his promised day of reckoning. How many people loved and respected by the Professor will fall victim to Wheeler and his fellow killer, Manny, who has been working for Jim Bone’s employer while he was in prison. Who will fall victim to Jim Bone while he is trying to provide the promised day of reckoning and can the Professor take out Jim Bone before cancer gets him? He’s not sure but he is sure he\’s going to try. This is the last episode of The Professor’s story and I can hardly wait to see to whom Bailey introduces us next. I’m sure the story will be spellbinding.

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