- Paperback: 1 pages
- Publisher: Berkley (MM) (May 1 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0425164942
- ISBN-13: 978-0425164945
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 9.9 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 91 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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"The reason God made a 10 p.m. on Fridays." --Atlanta Journal It happened on a chill autumn night: a woman shot repeatedly at point blank range. A list of witnesses a mile long. An open-and-shut case.But something doesn't ring true. As Detectives Pembleton, Bayliss, and Munch sift through the victim's past, they find a well-respected woman with a booming career. Money, prestige, the works. A life someone would be willing to trade for...or even kill for.
* "Homicide: Life on the Streets"--now in its seventh season--is one of the most acclaimed and compelling hours of drama on TV
* Also available: Homicide: The Novel (11/96); Homicide: Violent Delights (11/97)
* "Homicide: Life on the Streets"--now in its seventh season--is one of the most acclaimed and compelling hours of drama on TV
* Also available: Homicide: The Novel (11/96); Homicide: Violent Delights (11/97)
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It happened on a chill autumn night. A woman was shot repeatedly at point blank range. The list of witnesses is a mile long. It should be an open-and-shut case. But something doesn't ring true. As Detective Pembleton, Bayliss, and Munch sift through the victim's past, they find a well-respected woman with a booming career. Money, prestige, the works. A life someone would be willing to trade for or even kill for.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Come on, it's not that bad....,
By Kat (Somewhere over the rainbow...) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Homicide: White Butterflies (Paperback)
It must be remembered that the book is a tie-in, not its own story. If one looks at it as an individual novel, one is left with a misinterpretation of the author's intentions. The intentions were to provide an episode that would tie in with a one-hour TV series. That doesn't leave much time for development. The whole thing was meant as fun...For its genre, "White Butterflies" really isn't that bad... It can't be easy to do a tie-in, especially one for a series as complicated as H:lots. The characters in Homicide, are quirky, just like people in real life, not one-dimensional or predictable. I can understand how Lewis's scouse would have caused a bit of confusion and might have allienated some readers (the verb comment comes to mind). However, when I noticed it, I tried to say it aloud, and when spoken, it makes much more sense. I only gave it a 4 because there were too much romaniticism in certain spots like, "her long red hair tumbling over her shoulders like dawnlight over the bonny hills and dales of her ancestral Ireland". That was a bit too much. If Munch had said it while being sarcastic, then it would have made sense, but he didn't. Speaking of Munch, Preisler captured his intonation very well, as well as Bayliss'. Final thoughts: a great read if you're bored and Homicide longing on the weekends. It's for fun, not a serious litterary work.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Watch a video tape,
This review is from: Homicide: White Butterflies (Paperback)
Maybe because I went and read the third novelisation first I messed up, but I found the writing to be OK at its best and brutal at its worst. Twice in only a couple of pages the following type of passage popped up: You are weird, thought Pembleton. "You are weird," Pembleton said to Bayliss. If he went and said it, why waste time writing that he thought it first? Also, dialects and street slang are much more effective on screen than on paper. The plot was interesting and would make a pretty good 1-hour show. But when I'm reading I want something more involved than a 1-hour show, otherwise I'd have plunked myself in front of a television.
4.0 out of 5 stars
I disagree with Mr. Miller...,
By Chad J. Sutton (NJ) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Homicide: White Butterflies (Paperback)
On two counts:1. "Gee" has always been (at least on the TV show) a "looming, thunderous presence." 2. It's very common for Det. Lewis to greet someone with a phrase along the lines of "Hey, yo, whassup?" - If you ever watched the series, you'd be aware that despite his age, Lewis' slang is very up-to-date. The use of it here in the book is not an affront to Black culture.
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