Divorcing Jack: A Dan Starkey Mystery (Dan Starkey Mysteries)

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When the police suspect Starkey for the murder of Margaret and her mother, as well as the kidnapping of Patricia, Starkey is forced to tell the entire story to Parker. While Starkey is at Cooper's apartment, she plays a piece of classic music, by the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák.

had to switch off after a few chapters, the reading was so basic and bland that I just could not persevere. A neglected housewife makes an unexpected friend at a nursing home, where she hears a true tale about an independent woman in 1920s Alabama, who ran the town diner, served food to people of color and protected her sister-in-law from an abusive spouse. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. The film's messages about the horrors and idiocy of war and particularly the Irish civil war are familiar and would have been corny in a straight drama, but as in Catch-22 and other classic black comedies, the absurd humor of the film makes it powerful.

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Divorcing Jack is the debut novel and first of the Dan Starkey series by Northern Irish author, Colin Bateman, released on 28 January 1995 through HarperCollins. Colin Bateman’s screenplay, based on his novel, covers a lot of ground, but could have been tidied up for the screen. Before I say anything about plot or characters or historical and social context, let me shout out as loudly as I possibly can that what makes Divorcing Jack such a fun read, a book that will keep you chuckling as you eagerly turn the pages, is the tale's narrator and all-around comic hero, Dan Starkey.Finally, a brief but hilarious cameo from the charming Bronagh Gallagher (The Commitments) as a taxi driver. Starkey's solution is simple: find the wife, fix his marriage, bring in the bad boys, clear his name and save Ireland.