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Carregando... Lullaby (1988)de Ed McBain
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. I found this one a bit of a mixed bag. There’s a traditional double homicide which is hard to take at times but still gripping, a second storyline about a drugs buy which I found confusing and the continuing subplot about Eileen Burke which I thought was very well handled. My main problem was with the drugs story which was convoluted and relied on portrayals of characters from various ethnic minorities which felt very dated. McBain usually does race pretty well, but he really didn’t here. The main storyline wasn’t his best either, but I thought the book would have been stronger with just that and the Burke subplot. One of the better ones. Carella and Meyer are called to the scene of a double murder: a young infant and her babysitter, and the city is outraged. Meanwhile, Kling saves the life of an ungrateful Puerto Rican from a Jamaican gang, and gets involved in stopping a major drug shipment and preventing a drug war. And Bert's cop girlfriend, Elaine, is battling her demons and consulting a police psychologist. 87th Precinct detectives Meyer Meyer and Steve Carella find themselves investigating the murder of a 6 month old baby and her babysitter early on New Years Day morning. Bert Kling, another detective in the Precinct is working on a finding a drug dealer named Hamilton after he saves the life of Jose Herrara from a beating with baseball bats wielded by Hamilton's not too smart henchmen. Herrara meanwhile is trying to outsmart Hamilton plus a group of Chinese drugs dealers as well as using Kling to help him. Another complicated story that keeps the pages turning.
Even after 40 novels in this series, Mr. McBain still delivers a story without fidgeting, like someone who knows the law's on his side. Está contido emThe 87th Squad: Con Man, Killer's Choice de Ed McBain (indireta) Piombo whisky e fiori x l'87° Distretto de Ed McBain (indireta) Squad Room de Ed McBain (indireta) Chroniques du 87e District de Ed McBain (indireta)
Detectives Meyer and Carella investigate a savage murder, gang warfare suddenly erupts in the city, the drug business heats up, and the 87th Precinct finds itself tense and taxed. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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2 murders on the first day of the new year. A baby and the babysitter. A brutal case for the detectives of the 87th Precinct. And one with quite a lot of twists and turns, all of which were entertaining to read!
The secondary plot was about a Jamaican gang, and a Latino man named Herrera, and drugs. Not the best story.
And the tertiary plot was Eileen going to therapy to talk about her rape, her subsequent shooting of a suspect, and her desire to quit the force. Though not a part of either of the above plotlines, this was really well written and quite illuminating for Eileen's character.
Put all together, another good read! I'm going to be quite sad when I reach the end of these novels. ( )