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Let's Get Criminal

von Lev Raphael

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"Beneath its calm surface, controversy rages at the State University of Michigan. An outsider, Perry Cross, has been brought in to fill a quickly created tenure-track teaching position, a situation that fellow professor Nick Hoffman finds suspicious. But when Nick discovers that his longtime lover, writer Stefan Borowski, shares a past with Cross, Nick's curiosity about Cross begins to verge on obsession. Things only get worse when Cross is found murdered and Nick's jealous behavior and Stefan's past make them both prime suspects." "To clear both their names and resolve the questions surrounding the mysterious Cross, Nick investigates the murder, uncovering unpleasant secrets about his coworkers, superiors, and the university itself. As Nick attempts to unravel the mystery, his suspicions alarmingly turn close to home, and his own life is endangered."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved… (mehr)
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I'd give it 3.5 stars if I could. I'll definitely check out the sequel. I liked Lev Raphael's easy-to-read writing style (even if I didn't always get all the literary references). ( )
  emblue | Jan 3, 2016 |
Let's Get Criminal hooked me from the first page, when the arrival of Professor Perry Cross to the State University of Michigan threatens to unravel the longtime relationship between professors Nick Hoffman and Stefan Borowski. Hired under suspicious circumstances, with Borowski's recommendation, Cross brought with him a well-bred air of menace, so that when his body was found floating underneath a campus bridge, he left behind plenty of suspects, including Hoffman and Borowski. But while Cross is at the center of the mystery, Hoffman is the star of the book. Jealous of the past Cross and Borowski apparently shared, Hoffman reels from strength to weakness and back, using his good humor and acidic observations to keep himself standing. When Cross' death makes them suspects to a homophobic detective, Hoffman charges into the investigation. Let's Get Criminal is more than just a mystery story, because Raphael winningly portrays Nick and Stefan, highlighting their differences and examining how their love bends and changes under the pressures of the investigation. There's humor here, but also menace and sadness, and even triumph at the end. The trade paperback version carries a green banner on the cover announcing it is part of the Stonewall Inn Mysteries, a series which includes works by George Baxt, Mark Richard Zubro and Phyllis Knight. While I accept the idea that gay-themed mysteries should be marketed to gays, I never thought of Let's Get Criminal in that context. This is a book I would recommend to anyone who loves mysteries. ( )
  Bill_Peschel | Oct 16, 2010 |
Not exactly a thrilling read. The plot meanders around, passing by numerous suspects, none less - or more - likely than the other. The stakes are far too low to be really capturing, the cops are campus police, and most of the characters (including our protagonists) are cardboard representations of whatever "ism" they're supposed to be. The whodunnit part isn't obvious, but not extremely surprising either. ( )
  -Eva- | Jun 17, 2009 |
Let’s Get Criminal, Lev Raphael’s first foray into the mystery genre, introduces English professor-cum-amateur sleuth Nick Hoffman and sets an initial high standard that later entries in the series live up to. All the hallmarks of Raphael’s enjoyable detective novels are already evident in his 1996 debut. Likeable characters, a believable plot, and references to contemporary social issues - in this case, police homophobia - make for a quick and enjoyable read. However, I came to this book after reading the most recent Nick Hoffman mystery, this year’s Hot Rocks, and in comparison to Raphael’s latest work Let’s Get Criminal seems slightly less polished. For example, the wide-ranging references to literature, the arts, and current events that add so much to the pleasure of reading Hot Rocks are not yet in evidence in the earlier novel, and Raphael’s 1996 writing style seems less elegant and at times even a bit clichéd. These are minor flaws, though, which are probably noticeable only in hindsight. Even if it is a somewhat less mature work than later entries in the series, Let’s Get Criminal is still a highly entertaining introduction to the sympathetic Nick Hoffman: we see the beginning of his career as an amateur detective, an avocation that will eventually lead him to solve a whole series of murders that inexplicably keep popping up in his otherwise quiet Michigan university town. ( )
  thom001 | Dec 6, 2007 |
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"Beneath its calm surface, controversy rages at the State University of Michigan. An outsider, Perry Cross, has been brought in to fill a quickly created tenure-track teaching position, a situation that fellow professor Nick Hoffman finds suspicious. But when Nick discovers that his longtime lover, writer Stefan Borowski, shares a past with Cross, Nick's curiosity about Cross begins to verge on obsession. Things only get worse when Cross is found murdered and Nick's jealous behavior and Stefan's past make them both prime suspects." "To clear both their names and resolve the questions surrounding the mysterious Cross, Nick investigates the murder, uncovering unpleasant secrets about his coworkers, superiors, and the university itself. As Nick attempts to unravel the mystery, his suspicions alarmingly turn close to home, and his own life is endangered."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

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