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'Delivers the goods: dialogue that breathes, characters with heart and characters who eat those hearts, and glints of unforgiving humour... McBain owns his turf' NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW
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Her name is death - and her name is Virginia Dodge. Virginia Dodge is determined to put a bullet through Steve Carella's brain, and she doesn't care if she has to kill all the boys in the 87th Precinct in the process. Armed with a gun and a bottle of nitro-glycerine she spends an afternoon terrorising Lieutenant Byrnes and his men with her clever little home-made bomb. Is there anything the boys at the 87th can do to save Carella or will this crazy woman achieve her goal ...? In one of the most dazzling novellas of the Precinct, Ed McBain exposes the dangerous loyalties that keep the boys of the 87th together, and threaten to tear them apart at the same time.
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I was "wedged" into my seat for this thriller!
17. Januar 2001
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
I've always loved McBain novels and Killer's Wedge definately didn't make me change my mindset. This novel epitomizes what the word "thriller" is all about. McBain's subtle writing style flows wonderfully from page to page. Virginia Dodge is the perfect femme-fatale: sexy, sultry, and oh so dangerous! I read the LARGE PRINT edition simply because I had forgeotten my glasses and bought this in an airport before a flight to Europe and I needed the large print so I could read it. But I'm positive you'll enjoy this book in any edition, it's solid, thrilling writing!!
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Crisp entry in the 87th precinct series
6. Juni 2005
Format:Taschenbuch
Killer's Wedge opens on a bravura piece of writing ,one which establishes mood and atmosphere quite brilliantly as well as setting the period with deft economy .It details the sights ,sounds and atmosphere within the squadroom -aan ambience that is a compound of typewriter sounds, cursing and casual profanity and the ringing of a telephone clamouring for attention .The conversation is a mix of dirty stories and complaints --please note ,if you object to this sort of thing ,the stories are not related to the reader and neither is the profane language .The atmosphere is masculine and as this is a 1950's novel women police officers are not as prominant as they would be in a novel written now .
A woman does enter the squadroom -a woman clad wholly in black and resembling ,as one officer remarks ," death personified " .She demande to see Detective Steve Carella who sees blames for the death of her husband in prison ,where he was sent after Carella secured a conviction .She is Virginia Dodge and she has the means of backing up her demand -a container of nitro -glycerin that she threatens to detaonate if Carella is not brought before her .The problem is that he is out on a case -an alleged suicide at the home of the wealthy Scott family .The head of the family has allegedly killed himself by hanging but Carella is sceptical as there is no discernable motive and the man's children were not exactly noted for their displays of afection for their late father .
We cut back from his investigation to the scenes in the squadroom where Virginia holds the detectives under the gun and the nitro .Also present in the squadroom is a recently arrived Puerto Rican streetwalker accused of stabbing a gangleader .There are attempts to smuggle out a message to passers by of the situation in the squadroom and the author deftly builds up the suspense around these .Add the arrival of Carella's pregnant deaf-mute wife Teddy and the suspense intensifies .
This is a well characterised novel and the squadroom scenes are palm sweatingly tense .I was less taken by the scenes at the Scott mansion -that case is essentially a locked room mystery and McBain even invokes the classic writer of such tales John Dickson Carr .The strenght of this series is its sense of realism and the interaction of the various personalities in the squad .The intrusion of elements drawn from the classic cosy mysteries of an earlier age are intrusive
This is a minor quibble however and Killer's Wedge is a powerfrul and potent suspense tale that wears its age well
A woman does enter the squadroom -a woman clad wholly in black and resembling ,as one officer remarks ," death personified " .She demande to see Detective Steve Carella who sees blames for the death of her husband in prison ,where he was sent after Carella secured a conviction .She is Virginia Dodge and she has the means of backing up her demand -a container of nitro -glycerin that she threatens to detaonate if Carella is not brought before her .The problem is that he is out on a case -an alleged suicide at the home of the wealthy Scott family .The head of the family has allegedly killed himself by hanging but Carella is sceptical as there is no discernable motive and the man's children were not exactly noted for their displays of afection for their late father .
We cut back from his investigation to the scenes in the squadroom where Virginia holds the detectives under the gun and the nitro .Also present in the squadroom is a recently arrived Puerto Rican streetwalker accused of stabbing a gangleader .There are attempts to smuggle out a message to passers by of the situation in the squadroom and the author deftly builds up the suspense around these .Add the arrival of Carella's pregnant deaf-mute wife Teddy and the suspense intensifies .
This is a well characterised novel and the squadroom scenes are palm sweatingly tense .I was less taken by the scenes at the Scott mansion -that case is essentially a locked room mystery and McBain even invokes the classic writer of such tales John Dickson Carr .The strenght of this series is its sense of realism and the interaction of the various personalities in the squad .The intrusion of elements drawn from the classic cosy mysteries of an earlier age are intrusive
This is a minor quibble however and Killer's Wedge is a powerfrul and potent suspense tale that wears its age well
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WILL WEDGE YOU INTO A CHAIR UNTIL YOU FINISH IT!!!!
26. Februar 2002
Format:Taschenbuch
This is the 7th book I have read on the 87th Precinct. I think I have rated all of them a five. This one is great. Virginia Dodge holds the entire precinct as hostage waiting for Steve Carella to show up. She wants to kill him for arresting her husband, who then died in prison. She has a gun and a bottle of nitro or is it nitro???? She is mean, mad and means what she says. Meanwhile Carella is out investigating a suicide. Or is it a suicide? Was it murder??? He does not know anything is going on. Different officers try things to get the gun away from Dodge, and some pay for it. This is a quick read. It will hold you attention. You will not want to put it down. McBain has done another good one.
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