- Hardcover: 368 pages
- Publisher: Forge Books; First Edition edition (Feb 2 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0765319888
- ISBN-13: 978-0765319883
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.6 x 3.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 431 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,421,823 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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“In Boca Mournings, the incomparable Eddie Perlmutter returns for another wild and wicked thrill ride across Boca Raton and beyond. Steven Forman had a lot of fun writing this book and his fans will have even more fun reading it. I love this guy—and this series."
--Douglas Preston, New York Times bestselling author of Impact
"Boca Mournings is a riotous, ribald look into the wacky world of South Florida.
Not since Carl Hiaasen at his peak has anyone captured the pothole-marred, driving impaired, and geriatric-dominated zaniness as well as the new master of the comic crime novel Steve Forman. Forman's wit is as sharp as his prose and Eddie Perlmutter is the best hero of his kind since Donald Westlake's famed Dortmunder. Side-splitting fun with a crackerjack plot added for good measure."
— Jon Land, bestsellling author of Strong Enough to Die
"Mystery fans who like their operatives macho with an offbeat sense of humor will certainly enjoy this book and look forward to the next in the series."
--Library Journal (on Boca Knights)
"Fast, funny, and incredibly wise, Boca Knights is a compulsive read that will make you want to live next door to its hero, Eddie Perlmutter, who is without a doubt one of the best new characters to appear on the literary horizon in years."
--Gayle Lynds, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Spymaster
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"Part Robert Parker, part Carl Hiaasen, Eddie Perlmutter is a high testosterone, no-nonsense detective with a tender core, and makes turning sixty a carnal, tropical ride." --Andrew Gross, bestselling author of The Blue Zone, on Boca Knights
Since he arrived in sunny Florida, Eddie has survived a run-in with the Russian mafia and tangled with Boca’s own family of neo-Nazis. But crime and punishment in the land of the Early Bird Special is complicated. The Russians have fled . . . but their evil lingers on; and though the neo-Nazis’ junior thug is guilty, punishing him is a lot more complicated than Eddie thought it would be when he caught the little creep harassing decent folks in the name of white supremacy. And that’s just Eddie’s unfinished business. Helped by a reformed computer conman, he’s busier with new cases than he was in Boston, ranging from a mysteriously haunted elevator to a double kidnapping. He’s got cases with trails as far as Russia and Israel. Retirement, my foot.
Good thing he didn’t retire from matters of the heart . . . because the women won’t let him. Between his amorous adventures and his burgeoning sleuth business, the twists and turns of Eddie’s life make this an edge-of-your-seat, uproariously funny thriller . . .
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Boca Mournings, May 2 2010
By Gloria Feit - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Boca Mournings (Hardcover)
Eddie Perlmutter, after his sparkling debut in "Boca Knights," makes a welcome return in Steven M. Forman's new novel. Eddie is still working as a pi in Boca Raton, this time having to deal with a widow with dementia, a neo-Nazi father and son, the apparent disappearance of a gay couple, and his own prostate problem. And that's just skimming the surface of this laugh-out-loud funny novel.
Eddie describes himself as "one of Boston's most decorated policemen from 1966 to 2000, but now I was just a sixty-year-old retired cop living in Florida. I was five feet seven and weighed slightly over my fighting weight. I was in great shape for an antique." He had been dubbed The Boca Knight by an area news reporter, becoming a local hero and mini celebrity and inspiring others to call themselves Boca Knights, living by the principal, as Eddie says, of being "willing to fight for everyone's right to live in peace." Widowed for many years, he is famously determined to live an uncommitted life, despite his fondness for his much younger Haitian-born girlfriend.
Eddie refers to his new place of residence as Broken Heights, where "murder is rare and rape is ninety percent below the national average," but, as Eddie points out, "so is consensual sex." He enters into a strange partnership with another senior citizen improbably named "Louie Dewey" - don't ask. There are references to scenes from the original Depression and some ensuing years, with all seemingly loose ends tied up completely and very satisfyingly by the book's end. Without doubt the author has a wacky sense of humor, but neither he, nor his protagonist, is without sentiment, and along with the broad smiles elicited by the writing were, I am unashamed to admit, some tears. The book more than lives up to the challenge presented by the follow-up novel to an excellent beginning of the series, and this one is just as highly recommended.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Hilarious, April 14 2010
By Linda Deutsch - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Boca Mournings (Hardcover)
Both of this author's "Boca" books are absolutely hilarious, although you really do have to know Boca Raton and South Florida to truly get all the humor. I thoroughly enjoyed both books and hope the series continues. I compare him to Carl Hiassen and that's an honor!!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Boca Mournings, Dec 24 2011
By Larry Babbitt - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Boca Mournings (Hardcover)
Thoroughly enjoyed Steve Forman's 2nd novel, Boca Mournings. He has a gift for making me laugh while enjoying the tales of Eddie Perlmutter. Have ordered Boca Daze and Eddie The Kid and can't wait for them to arrive.The best way to describe his writing style is comfortable.
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