- Mass Market Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0743463056
- ISBN-13: 978-0743463058
- Product Dimensions: 17.1 x 11.5 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 127 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
YOU SHOULD PUSH TO READ "PUSHER"!!!!!,
By Mac Blair "Mac Blair" (Huntingdon, TN USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Pusher (Paperback)
Another great book by Ed McBain. Have just started reading this series and have a long way to go, but I am really looking forward to it if they are all like this one. Steve Carella and Bert Kling are back. They make a great team. They are trying to find who killed a young man, then others are killed to cover up the first killing. I don't want to name names as would take away from the book. The ending is good. McBain can make you feel like you are there. You can nearly feel the the thoughts and actions as they take place. A fairly short book that is quick to read. A very good mystery.
4.0 out of 5 stars
A quick read that is enjoyable, slightly informative,
By M J Mayer (Abbey of Gethsemani) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Pusher (Paperback)
This text is a mere 158 pages and it is easily consumable in one sitting. This, of course, is an 87th precinct mystery, and McBain follows Detective Carella as he investigates a murder that was poorly diguised as a suicide (a noose had been placed around the victim's neck). The negative thing about reviewing a mystery novel is that I can say very little without giving away major portions of the plot. Anyway, what I liked about this text was my reading of it as if it were a historical text. And, to me, it was. I was able, through McBain's direction, to enter into the seedy side of life in NYC during the fifties. I enjoyed reading the dialogue about heroin because all of the slang terms for heroin and needles, that are utilized in interrogations in the text, are familiar to me (thus still in some usage). As a writer, I really love some of McBain's descriptions and narrative technique, while at times his texts can seem highly rushed (gotta make those greenbacks). I'll end this review with a passage that I especially enjoyed: "Oh sure, a corpse breaks up the dull monotony of the midnight tour; and it's nice to renew acquaintances with old friends from Homicide South; and maybe the photographer has a few choice samples of French postcard art to pass around; but all in all, nobody has much heartfelt enthusiasm for a suicide at 2:11. Especially when it's cold," (McBain: 13).
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5.0 out of 5 stars
YOU SHOULD PUSH TO READ "PUSHER"!!!!!,
By Mac Blair "Mac Blair" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Pusher (Paperback)
Another great book by Ed McBain. Have just started reading this series and have a long way to go, but I am really looking forward to it if they are all like this one. Steve Carella and Bert Kling are back. They make a great team. They are trying to find who killed a young man, then others are killed to cover up the first killing. I don't want to name names as would take away from the book. The ending is good. McBain can make you feel like you are there. You can nearly feel the the thoughts and actions as they take place. A fairly short book that is quick to read. A very good mystery.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
He Who Hesitates,
By Sidney Lazarow - Published on Amazon.com
Of McBain's 70 to 80 books, this is without a doubt his best. This is what storytelling is all about. Simple characters, doing simple things and making it impossible to put the book down . I'm curious to know whether Evan Hunter is still alive or just retired from writing.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Crime Fiction that stands up to the test of time...,
By S. Michael Wilson "A Strange Hero to a Select... - Published on Amazon.com
The third book in the 87th Precinct series is a more standard entry into the police procedural genre. But at the same time, it manages to reach an emotional depth somewhat unusual for the time period.The plot is pretty straight forward. A pair of patrolmen stumble upon a apparent junkie suicide. But sometimes things aren't as easy as they seem, and the suicide squeal quickly turns into a multiple homicide investigation that threatens to become blackmail when Lt. Byrnes son becomes linked to the drug scene. The bulls at the 87th are relegated mainly to the footwork, as most of the behind the scenes action involves Byrnes as he struggles with his son's involvement. Byrnes goes as far as to fill Carella in on the situation, a decision that almost proves to be fatal. Apart from some of the dated aspects one would expect from a well-reserched police drama from the fifties, the bulk of the novel is your typical expose on the brutal world of the street level drug trade. But as usual, McBain delves into the emotional causes and ramifications of the Heroin users and dealers. The most revealing of these is the personal and professional termoil faced by Lt. Byrnes with the revelation that his son is a Heroin addict. Adding to the emotional doubt of where he has gone wrong with his son, and the constant battle between anger and compassion, is the dilemma of whether or not to cover up his son's possible involvement in a crime, especially when a mysterious third party with knowledge of his son's connection attempts to blackmail him for police protection. McBain doesn't just focus on the 87th detectives. Glimpses into the lives of low key players in the drug scene shows the many facets of human frailty and desperation and prevents the broad generalizations that many crime dramas easily fall into. Even the closer look at Carella's relationship with stoolie Danny the Gimp is both touching and revealing. But to McBain's credit, none of this detailed attention to the human element detracts from the gritty realism that is typical of this series. |
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