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Mcgrave
by
Lee Goldberg (Goodreads Author)
Los Angeles cop John "Tidal Wave" McGrave is an unstoppable force of nature who always gets his man...even if it means laying waste to everything around him, including his own career...which is exactly what happens in his pursuit of Sebastian Richter, the ruthless leader of an international gang of violent thieves.
When Richter flees to Berlin, McGrave chases after him...ev...more
When Richter flees to Berlin, McGrave chases after him...ev...more
Kindle Edition
Published
2012
by Adventures in Televison, Inc
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McGrave is a quick fire novella from Lee Goldberg, based on a pilot script for a television show, which never eventuated. And its humble beginnings are very evident as you read it. It is written in present tense as a script would be, and the action scenes are described, rather than lived, if that makes sense. If that simple framework doesn’t appeal to you, then you’d probably find McGrave a rather annoying book.
However, if you have no qualms about how your thrills are served up, then McGrave is...more
However, if you have no qualms about how your thrills are served up, then McGrave is...more
Jonathan Franzen would hate this book. It was written on a computer, probably with Internet access, and published on the Kindle. According to the Oprah-approved author, that means it's not literature and not meant to last.
He's right. "McGrave" is what you would get if a Hollywood screenwriter rammed together John McClain from "Die Hard" and McBain from "The Simpsons" and played it straight. Imagine the comedy stylings of Leslie Nielsen from "Airplane!" and you get the idea.
(Admission: I've revie...more
He's right. "McGrave" is what you would get if a Hollywood screenwriter rammed together John McClain from "Die Hard" and McBain from "The Simpsons" and played it straight. Imagine the comedy stylings of Leslie Nielsen from "Airplane!" and you get the idea.
(Admission: I've revie...more
John McGrave had earned his nickname, Tidal Wave McGrave, by being a cop who let nothing get in his way in pursuit of criminals. It usually cost Los Angeles a lot of money.
And his latest cost him his job.
While leaving a rich man's house where he'd turned down a security job from his ex-partner, he spots something wrong. A robbery is going down at the house. He blasts in, gun blazing, shoots his ex-partner, who's sleeping with McGrave's ex-wife, to shake out the head bad guy, shoots a couple of t...more
And his latest cost him his job.
While leaving a rich man's house where he'd turned down a security job from his ex-partner, he spots something wrong. A robbery is going down at the house. He blasts in, gun blazing, shoots his ex-partner, who's sleeping with McGrave's ex-wife, to shake out the head bad guy, shoots a couple of t...more
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The main character, McGrave, is a cop who was visiting his old partner who is now working in the private sector. McGrave turned down a similar job that his old partner offered him and upon leaving realized there was a robbery in progress. Going off of instincts he got involved and tried to stop the break in, which was just enough to swirl him into a new adventure that leads all the way to Berlin, which of course leads to a hot female cop that makes the story even more interesting.
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There are some books that you read and feel enlightened about the world around you. There are some books that are fascinating and insightful, making you think. Then there are some that are just unashamedly fun.
McGrave is a straight up actioneer, pure fun, and revels in what some would call cheesy cliches. Instead these cliches are actually part of the humour Less has used to make this story fun.
This story was originally written as a pilot for TV and reminds me greatly of the 80s cop shows. In fa...more
McGrave is a straight up actioneer, pure fun, and revels in what some would call cheesy cliches. Instead these cliches are actually part of the humour Less has used to make this story fun.
This story was originally written as a pilot for TV and reminds me greatly of the 80s cop shows. In fa...more
It's a book that would never had been possible before the ebook revolution. Lee Goldberg took a TV pilot script he had written (a fact that I had pretty much concluded before the afterword told me so), changed it from script to prose, and released it as an ebook. In it, loose cannon cop McGrave gets kicked off the force because of the property damage he causes, pursues a bad guy with a vendetta to Germany, and works with the German police to apprehend his quarry (with plenty of property damage r...more
This short story is a blast, the character McGrave is a good cop who hates bad people and goes after these bad people, even when his superiors tell him not to, he will even chase them to Germany. It is a lot of fun, hopefully Mr Goldberg will write other stories of this amusing character.
Thsi is a fast paced, tongue-in-cheek cop show! It is a fun story, action-packed adventure with a smartass LA cop.. reminds me a LOT of the old tv show SLEDGEHAMMER. he got the bad guy, but tore up the entire city doing it. it was a quick, fun read..
This is an action movie in print and a fun read. John Rogers recommended it over twitter and it was a free kindle download so I grabbed it.
really enjoyed this short novel with a cop nick named tidal wave
This could be "Sledgehammer" in book form.
McGrave is an LA cop, Die Hard style.
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Lee Goldberg is a two-time Edgar Award nominee whose many TV writing and/or producing credits include "Martial Law," "SeaQuest," "Diagnosis Murder," "The Cosby Mysteries," "Hunter," "Spenser: For Hire," "Nero Wolfe," "Missing." "Monk" and "The Glades." He's also the author of "The Walk," "Watch Me Die," "King City," the "Dead Man" series, as well as the "Diagnosis Murder" and "Monk" series of orig...more
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