Crime Corner
Jack Carter’s Law. By Ted Lewis. Michael Joseph. 212 pp. U.K. price $6.30.
Jack Carter is a tough gunman attached to a Soho gang led by two cousins. Gerald and Les. Disquiet reigns within the ranks, for it is generally believed that a member, Jimmy Swann, is about to disclose to the police matters which the gang would prefer to keep confidential. Jack’s task is to silence Jimmy for ever.
The main burden of this vivid, and unfortunately, rather convincing story is Jack’s search for his victim, and his settlements, mostly very violent, with those who hinder him. The police, as a restraining force, are not encountered. Sometimes the sirens of their cars are heard when Jack is escaping from a scene of lavish gunplay; their investigations do not, and are not intended, to concern us. Two policemen play minor roles, but they are so bent as to be indistinguishable from the gangsters. Be that as it may, the sleazy scenes and characters are brightly and credibly drawn, and the story moves at a fast pace, interspersed with some disgusting blasphemies and a liberal besprinkling of short and unattractive little words.
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33816, 12 April 1975, Page 10
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193Crime Corner Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33816, 12 April 1975, Page 10
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