The Fourth Deadly Sin: Amazon.ca: Lawrence Sanders: Books

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The gripping story of a brutally murdered New York psychiatrist, the ex-cop who must crack the case, and only six suspects-the doctor's own patients.

The Fourth Deadly Sin is not to be missed. (Kansas City Star) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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When saintly New York psychiatrist Simon Ellerbee is murdered, retired Chief of Detectives Edward X. Delaney pursues the killer after obtaining a list of the doctor's six most potentially violent patients. Reissue. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Sad, Bad, and Mad!, Mar 4 2004

By	M. O Schmidt (Columbia Heights, Minnesota United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Fourth Deadly Sin (Paperback)

I loved the first three Sins, but this latest entry makes one feel quite relieved that he didn't do any more, but at the same time, one wishes he'd get his act together. Very little suspense, and one of those where you know the murderer the first time they appear. Delaney and friends are wonderful characters, but in this outing they didn't do themselves much credit. Basically it's a 20 page story that is dragged out in tedious detail until you hit a very unsatisfying conclusion. He wimped out and did a Poirot ending. Which I hated, needless to say! I wish he would have not written this book at all, or waited until he could have done a better job. If more sins are committed in the future, I will certainly read them, and hope they are better than this trite, deadly dull outing.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Indeed a disappointment., May 27 2003

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This review is from: Fourth Deadly Sin (Paperback)

Sanders became a bit tiring with this last entry in the Delaney series. In fact, he probably should have stopped writing altogether. It is also too bad he didn't see fit to write about sins 5, 6 and 7. If Sanders had reinvented himself and kept his style fresh, this novel would have really shown. But as it is it is only lackluster. But still, it is worth reading. Just be prepared to be accused of being a cult fan.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Lightweight, Feb 22 2002