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Lädt ... Peepervon Loren D. Estleman
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. This one is a lot of fun. All the characters think they are comedians and the one-liners never stop. Ralph Poteet is an alleged private eye, reduced to working as a file clerk at a detective agency. There's a lot of potentially interesting back story here that Estleman leaves out. It might have made for an even better book. As it is, this one starts to flag a little after the midpoint. The nadir is an unbelievable computer hacking incident that lacks even the trappings of believability. But the plot really isn't the point here; it's meant to be a roller coaster through the seamy side of Detroit, and in that ambition it succeeds very well. A book like this makes me think that perhaps writing is a little TOO easy for the prolific Estleman. Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
A priest's death leads a Detroit gumshoe into a case of church corruption in this mordantly funny hard-boiled crime novel Ralph Poteet is forty pounds overweight, out of gin, and he hasn't seen his gun in weeks. As far as private detectives go, he's not much to look at. But he's the only one in the building, and that's enough for Lyla Dane. A call girl who's far better at her job than Ralph is at his, she calls him in the middle of the night because she has a dead monsignor in her bed. After dealing with Lyla's deceased client, Ralph tries his hand at blackmail, offering to keep mum about the priest's embarrassing demise in exchange for a payoff from the diocese. But when somebody tries to kill Ralph and Lyla, Detroit's most unsavory PI is swept into an unholy swarm of deadly secrets that resonates all the way to Washington, DC, and the Vatican. Three-time Shamus Award-winning author Loren D. Estleman delivers a witty, ribald send-up of the hard-boiled detective genre in this action-packed crime novel. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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"I made the mistake of anwering the phone. Since then I been doped, chased, busted, fucked, stuck guns at, almost burned, and throwed to the dogs. I’m out of a job. I’m wanted for murder, so I can’t go home. I got an appointment with a killer. I don’t even own a pair of shoes. My life’s always been shit, but lately there’s blood in it. What makes you think I’m in trouble?”
Just a great read. ( )