- Taschenbuch: 220 Seiten
- Verlag: Toby Pr Llc (18. April 2007)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1592641849
- ISBN-13: 978-1592641840
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 21,3 x 14 x 1,8 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 2.049.201 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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When a prominent and controversial physician is killed in an auto accident, his wife suspects murder. She hires private investigator Nathaniel Singer, who quickly realizes his client is almost certainly right: the question isn't why anyone would want Dr. Andrew Carpenter dead, but who among the lengthy list of potential suspects did it? For not only was the deceased doctor being threatened by the Party of God, a militant pro-life group vehemently opposed to Carpenter's stem-cell research, he had also managed to tick off some of his own colleagues, not to mention a police officer with a giant chip on his shoulder. Like Howard Engels' Benny Cooperman novels, this first Singer story relies as much on the charm and wit of its narrator-protagonist as it does on the mystery itself. Miller, a (presumably well-known) New York writer operating under a pseudonym, nicely balances the story's dark, serious elements with its light, breezy narrative, and it's hard to imagine a reader who won't be thoroughly satisfied. Pitt, David
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Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Synopsis
Dr. Andrew Carpenter is a paediatric cardiologist and a researcher, whose most promising work involves using embryonic stem cells to repair heart damage in infants. He's been receiving threatening messages from the 'Party of God', a fundamentalist group militantly opposed to such 'Godless labours' - and now he's dead, killed in a hit-and-run on the streets of Manhattan. His devastated wife is sure it was murder, but the police think it was an accident. Enter private eye Nathaniel Singer, a detective with a literary bent and a penchant for honesty. While once Singer dreamed of being a poet, he has discovered that his true calling is the art of saving lives. He soon finds out that the Party of God were not the only enemies Dr. Carpenter had, as the list of suspects grows to include jealous colleagues and a brutal cop who insists that Singer drop the case...An Irving Howe with an uppercut, this literate, funny detective takes his place within the great tradition of the PI novel - a worthy successor to Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe and Robert B. Parker's Spenser.
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Superb crime noir
3. April 2007
Format:Taschenbuch
Raymond Miller's P. I. novel, The Scent of Blood grabbed me by the throat with the first sentence: "She was a woman who had once been beautiful and would someday be beautiful again." That one sentence thrust me back into the crime-noir novels of old that have been missing from bookshelves for many years. Maybe it's just me, but I swear I heard Humphrey Bogart as the voice of Nathaniel Singer, P. I.
Like all good P. I. novels, it opens with a beautiful woman crying in a gumshoe's office and pleading for help. And the P.I., who's always in need of cash and is a soft touch for a pretty lady, takes the case.
The case involves the death of the celebrated pediatric cardiologist, Dr. Andrew Carpenter, whose work with embryonic cell research has caused quite a stir in the world's scientific community. The widow Carpenter doesn't believe that her husband was the victim of a hit-and-run on a Manhattan street. She's convinced that hubby was murdered and manages to convince Singer that there may be some unanswered questions.
Singer isn't just an ordinary gumshoe. He's an ex-poet who has a way with words and similes and a way of getting information and getting into trouble. He learns that Carpenter is not everything his reputation makes him out to be, and a fundamentalist group, the Party of God, has been sending him threatening messages.
Critic Lee Child described The Scent of Blood: "A fresh new take on a classic structure--like hearing a twelve-bar blues played by a great new talent."
We don't know the real name of this great new talent because Raymond Miller is a non de plume. I wish did, but more important, I wish the next case was solved and ready for publication.
Armchair Interviews says: If you loved the old-style crime noir, and just good writing, this is for you.
Like all good P. I. novels, it opens with a beautiful woman crying in a gumshoe's office and pleading for help. And the P.I., who's always in need of cash and is a soft touch for a pretty lady, takes the case.
The case involves the death of the celebrated pediatric cardiologist, Dr. Andrew Carpenter, whose work with embryonic cell research has caused quite a stir in the world's scientific community. The widow Carpenter doesn't believe that her husband was the victim of a hit-and-run on a Manhattan street. She's convinced that hubby was murdered and manages to convince Singer that there may be some unanswered questions.
Singer isn't just an ordinary gumshoe. He's an ex-poet who has a way with words and similes and a way of getting information and getting into trouble. He learns that Carpenter is not everything his reputation makes him out to be, and a fundamentalist group, the Party of God, has been sending him threatening messages.
Critic Lee Child described The Scent of Blood: "A fresh new take on a classic structure--like hearing a twelve-bar blues played by a great new talent."
We don't know the real name of this great new talent because Raymond Miller is a non de plume. I wish did, but more important, I wish the next case was solved and ready for publication.
Armchair Interviews says: If you loved the old-style crime noir, and just good writing, this is for you.
2 von 2 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
another one please!
1. Februar 2008
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MR. MILLER, please please write another! i cannot wait any more.
this book is so great! i urge everyone to read it!
this book is so great! i urge everyone to read it!
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