Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780449147320
ISBN number: 0449147320
Label: Fawcett
Manufacturer: Fawcett
Quantity: 1
Printing Date: February 23, 1992
Publishing house: Fawcett
Release Date: February 23, 1992
Sale Popularity Level: 1796165
Studio: Fawcett
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'Tough, gritty suspenseful...Newman is one of the best in the business.'
William J. Caunitz
Author of EXCEPTIONAL CLEARANCE
A ruthless IRA terrorist is loose on the streets of New York City. A C.E.O. and his mistress are killed execution-style. Joe Dante has let the terrorist get away once before. This time, he's going deep undercover and into the crime-infested New York underworld ruled by the merciless Irish mob, the Westies to trab his quarry. With the mob and the terrorists calling the shots, Dante's got to live by their rules...or die by them.
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There may be a lot of implausible issues in this narrative, especially with the death of the Courtney Poole character, but the in-depth characterizations of Dante, Mannion, Siobhan, and even less primary characters such as McNulty and the construction crew made the combination compelling! It was hard to put down!
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I did not read the entire book and with good reason. In the aftermath of a chase which ends with the death of a child, for some reason or other the hero, Dante and his protagonists blame him. This has no relation what would really happen in real life. Because the rest of the story depends on that as a foundation and I thought it falacious, I would not finish the book.
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Police Lt. Dante is placed in a totally unrealistic position of being held responsible for the death of a young girl, the daughter of wealthy supporter of the Mayor. Death occured when bad guy throws hostage child into street in path of auto which kills her. This happens during chase by Dante of bad guy. No jurisdiction in its' right mind would ever blame the officer for such a death. That is the opening of the plot and is necessary for the balance. But because there is such far fetched set up, anyone with common sense will put this one down. I write this as a former street cop and later my city's Commissioner of Public Safety.
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Although this is the fifth book in the Detective Joe Dante series, it was the very first I had read. And I immediately ran out to find the very first four in the series. The story itself is richly plotted, with many twists that tie in together very nicely. Even when I had second guessed a few of the plot twists, the way they rolled off the page was a delight and didn't let me down at all. The book is well paced, and, unlike many books in the genre, doesn't break up the flow of the writing with obscure "cop talk" terms. I can't speak for the "realism" of the inter-departmental politics, but, like much of the book, they just feel right. The real strength of this book is the characters. Not only are they vivid and real, but the way each one is introduced gives us enough insight into their personality, that we immediately feel comfortable with them, even if the comfort is in disliking them. Newman handles dialogue especially well. Unlike some writers who use their characters' words to explain everything, the author effectively blends his with descriptive paragraphs to give the reader the impression they are watching the drama unfold in front of them, instead of in their mind.
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