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Cargando... The Con Man (1957)por Ed McBain
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. These are quick little police procedural books. I am still enjoying the series. Will be interesting to see how it evolves through the years. ( ) Having failed to kill off Detective Steve Carella in the previous book, the 4th book in the long-running 87th Precinct series has him playing a star role. As in many of McBain’s novels, there are a number of story lines which in some cases intersect with one another, though others are loose ends. Though this story mainly focusses on con men, one of them is also a murderer and McBain’s descriptions of how that murderer wins the confidence (and indeed love) of lonely women makes for painful reading. He contrasts this with the true love felt by Carella for his wife Teddy — who in a surprising turn of events plays a central role in the story. Like in his earlier books, McBain the author is both a product of his time, but also ahead of his time. The cop who busts two particularly vicious (and skilled) con men is Black. Teddy Carella is hearing-impaired. A Chinese man plays a central role in helping the police. The cast of characters for a book written in 1957 is truly diverse — and this pattern will continue throughout the series over the next several decades. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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When a young woman's body is fished out of the 87th Precinct's river, a street-wise detective is on the clock to find the con man who killed her before he strikes again. "McBain forces us to think twice about every character we meet...even those we thought we already knew." --New York Times Book Review "Imagine your favorite Law & Order cast solving fresh mysteries into infinity, with no re-runs, and you have some sense of McBain's grand, ongoing accomplishment." --Entertainment Weekly No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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