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Summary: COOL!!
Review: A surprisingly good book! I have never read anything from this author (i am a scf-fi/Fantasy man) but this was a really enjoyable read... i think i will pick up some more of his works...this is what Pulp books should be...Buy this Book!
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Summary: Postscript to previous review
Review: As previously stated--ordered (from Amazon.com) the rest of the Streeter mysteries: "Long Reach", "Low End of Nowhere" and "Totally Dead". Have gone thru all of them and want more! I only hope that Michael Stone is bound to a long-term publishing contract which requires that he write a new Streeter mystery every two months! Mr. Stone, I'm waiting.
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Summary: Postscript to previous review
Review: As previously stated--ordered (from Amazon.com) the rest of the Streeter mysteries: "Long Reach", "Low End of Nowhere" and "Totally Dead". Have gone thru all of them and want more! I only hope that Michael Stone is bound to a long-term publishing contract which requires that he write a new Streeter mystery every two months! Mr. Stone, I'm waiting.
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Summary: Fast-paced and well-written
Review: i haven't been a big fan of what i'll blindly term "hard-boiled pulp," but this book has converted me. i picked this one up just as a "bathroom book;" but then i couldn't wait to go to the bathroom just so i could find out what was going to happen next! it started out as what i would assume the typical noir thriller would begin, but then it started plummetting, careening, slowing down, and then bam! you're shooting up another hill ready to dive to your death again. i'm psyched to try out the other streeter mysteries. also, i'll have to argue with the last reviewer who commented that the covers are "cheesy." classic owen smith (mile-away recognizability), and one of the few covers i've actually ever seen which depicts, truly, a scene from the story.
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Summary: Reality on the mean streets level, with a good guy hero.
Review: This guy Stone can write--characters well drawn, humor, tough broads, very devious and brutal low-lifes, a fast-moving plot that keeps you guessing and interested, and "Streeter"-tough, cautious and smart but not indestructible or infallible. Also, he got some issues about long-term relationships with the fair sex, even though he needs one. This was a great read-didn't put it down for long--wife enjoyed it too. Highly recommended as an example of the tough private eye genre. I'm about to order the other 3 Michael Stone "Streeter" books.
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Summary: The last Street I will ever read
Review: This is the third Streeter novel -- and happened to be the first I picked up. Unless something strange happens -- a rift in space and time perhaps -- I won't be reading any more of these. Portrayed by the marketing material as tough-guy, noir fiction akin to Chandler's Marlowe or Child's Reacher, Streeter is not even in the same league as those characters. We wait until page 146 to get any kind of action involving the protagonist. The pacing is deadly slow and the storyline (not lines... just line) hits lull after lull. You'll know who the bad guy is within, oh, 50 pages or so. The sad thing is that Stone has writing ability. He isn't a bad technician. And once in a while Streeter even cracks wise, like the great characters often do. Problem is, the humor and sarcastic comments are few and far between. Combine that fact with a story-line that isn't even remotely engaging... well, you pretty much get the last Streeter I will ever read.
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Summary: The last Street I will ever read
Review: This is the third Streeter novel -- and happened to be the first I picked up. Unless something strange happens -- a rift in space and time perhaps -- I won't be reading any more of these. Portrayed by the marketing material as tough-guy, noir fiction akin to Chandler's Marlowe or Child's Reacher, Streeter is not even in the same league as those characters. We wait until page 146 to get any kind of action involving the protagonist. The pacing is deadly slow and the storyline (not lines... just line) hits lull after lull. You'll know who the bad guy is within, oh, 50 pages or so. The sad thing is that Stone has writing ability. He isn't a bad technician. And once in a while Streeter even cracks wise, like the great characters often do. Problem is, the humor and sarcastic comments are few and far between. Combine that fact with a story-line that isn't even remotely engaging... well, you pretty much get the last Streeter I will ever read.
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