Christopher
Sandige is an anti-hero, a guy who is more at ease behind a desk constructing
political strategies for his Congressman boss than he is running for his life
through alligator-infested swamps with Brenda Carnegie.
He
told himself he didn’t want a woman, a marriage, a typical family life in the
suburbs. His hours were long and often began with coffee at his desk and ended
with pizza delivery to the office. All that changed when he met Brenda.
The
woman awakened in him desires he didn’t think he had—a longing to be with her,
a need for romance, a desire for intimacy, an urge to protect her—even when he
knew she was quite capable of protecting herself. He’d never really had eyes
for anybody other than Brenda and though he knows she is dangerous, he can’t
seem to tear himself away from her.
When
push comes to shove, it turns out he is quite capable of handling a gun, of
fighting off an attacker in hand-to-hand combat, of working in a team that
often finds itself at the wrong end of a barrel… and of crossing the line
without a look back.
If
the Black Swamp Mysteries series was made into a movie, who would I want to
play him? My pick would be Tom Weston-Jones.
Next week: Sam Mazoli.
