Saturday, April 1, 2023

"Impervious"

A cross between Dr. Dolittle, Nanny McPhee, and a type-A Buddhist, Laurie Buchanan is an active listener, observer of details, payer of attention, reader and writer of books, kindness enthusiast, and red licorice aficionado. Her books have won multiple awards, including the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Gold Winner, the International Book Award Gold Winner, the National Indie Excellence Awards Winner, the Crime Fiction/Suspense Eric Hoffer Awards Finalist, and the PenCraft Award for literary excellence; they’ve also been a finalist for the CLUE Suspense/Thriller Book Awards.

Buchanan applied the Page 69 Test to, Impervious, her newest Sean McPherson novel, and reported the following:
From page 69:
When possible, Toni takes backstreets and residential streets to avoid street cams as she drives Emilio Acardi's Camaro to his apartment complex and parks it. She leaves the keys in the ignition, exits the car, and takes care closing the driver's door.

After pulling her hat low and her collar up, she peels off her latex gloves and shoves them into her pockets, then brisk-walks twelve blocks where she gets into her own car and drives home.

Again, avoiding street cams. It's good being a cop. You know where all the "eyes" are.

After an hour of keystrokes, a few phone calls, and two fingers of scotch, Toni sits back satisfied.

New Orleans is two cities, one gentrified and grand, the other devastated and despairing, both within a single municipal boundary.

She raises her glass. Gentrified and grand, here I come. Toni yawns and stretches like a content cat. I'm not about to have my "Family First" tattoo modified in squalor.
Uncannily, page 69 offers an excellent overall flavor of the storyline. In the case of Impervious, the Page 69 Test is a good shortcut for browsers.

Page 69 reveals a dirty cop mid-coverup and her plan to get away with having some incriminating evidence modified.

Intrigued? Here's a bit more enticement: The bride, the groom, the toast, the explosion.... What should be a joyous occasion turns lethal.
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--Marshal Zeringue