- Paperback: 432 pages
- Publisher: Dell; Reprint edition (April 7 1997)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0440217237
- ISBN-13: 978-0440217237
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.7 x 3.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 340 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,632,563 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Resonant prose and a murky narrative result in a mixed verdict for this second work from the author of Bait. A girl's body is pulled from the Harlem River. Her Guatemalan father, Adalberto Cruz, and his silent bodyguard seem less than sorrowful. Dave Moser is the good cop on the case. Across town, a motor-mouthed mob guy is getting ready to testify against his buddies, and Deputy Marshall Claire Locke is in charge of guarding him. Part of his testimony involves regular payments made to cops. Abel's observant eye and clipped writing are considerably more accomplished than his pacing. The informant is a would-be comic whose lame patter drags on; the action lags similarly. Moser, in the midst of divorce proceedings, acts as though he's a cog in machinery whose controls are beyond his reach; both he and the readers spend time waiting for something to happen. At the same time, we watch a crooked cop and wait for him to get snarled up by Internal Affairs or to brutally silence his detractors, nearly forgetting, meanwhile, about Moser and the floater. Abel is a talented writer and he delivers a stunning conclusion, but getting there is heavy going.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From Library Journal
In this follow-up to Abel's acclaimed debut novel, Bait (LJ 3/1/94), a New York cop investigates a drowning.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Confusion and chaos,
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This review is from: The Blue Wall (Paperback)
I really tried to like this book. I thought that there would be some intrigue in trying to figure out the good cop/bad cop in this mixed up world of police corruption, money laundering, mobster activity. What I found instead, was lots of names, lots of dead bodies, and an ending that I didn't even care about. I always feel bad writing a review for a book that I didn't like. I would give the author another chance and read something else he has written.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Abel's sophomore effort twice as good,
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This review is from: The Blue Wall (Paperback)
Great characters in a complex, enjoyable book. Twice as good as Abel's previous (high quality) novel, "Bait." Anxiously awaiting his next work.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Abel's sophomore effort twice as good,
By E. T. Harper - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Blue Wall (Paperback)
Great characters in a complex, enjoyable book. Twice as good as Abel's previous (high quality) novel, "Bait." Anxiously awaiting his next work.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Confusion and chaos,
By L. Dunn - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Blue Wall (Paperback)
I really tried to like this book. I thought that there would be some intrigue in trying to figure out the good cop/bad cop in this mixed up world of police corruption, money laundering, mobster activity. What I found instead, was lots of names, lots of dead bodies, and an ending that I didn't even care about. I always feel bad writing a review for a book that I didn't like. I would give the author another chance and read something else he has written.
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