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Blood Relatives
A killer is out for blood, and it's up to Detective Steve Carella to bring him in ? but a shocking surprise awaits when a survivor fingers the suspect in a lineup. McBain has the ability to make every character believable?which few writers these days can do.? ? Associated Press McBain forces us to think twice about every character we meet?even those we thought we already k...more
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August 21st 2012
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(first published 1975)
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Nov 21, 2009
Jeff
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3 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
Law & Order fans!
My first McBain book.
I liked the ending! I hope more of his books are like this.
I liked the ending! I hope more of his books are like this.
This was sort of the ultimate police procedural. It was either an early Ed McBain book or a throwback. It was way too much procedure and way too little story. He went into great detail about how they booked a murder suspect but not much detail on the actual story. The one area where there
was detail was the printing about a month of the diary of a murdered girl spelling out how a romance went bad. It, like the procedure, was way overdone at the expense of other parts of the story.
McBain lost his...more
was detail was the printing about a month of the diary of a murdered girl spelling out how a romance went bad. It, like the procedure, was way overdone at the expense of other parts of the story.
McBain lost his...more
A young woman is killed and her cousin slashed. The cousin is sure she knows the killer, but then identifies a detective in the line-up, causing Steve Carella to re-examine the case. Then the cousin says her brother was the killer, and a diary reveals that the two were having an affair and he became jealous when the 17-year old girl began a platonic relationship with her boss at the bank. Count on Steve's doggedness to uncover the truth.
When I was hoping to write a mystery, I looked up the term "police procedural." I wanted good examples of police work. Ed McBain was repeatedly the master of this genre.
I have read several of them now and I have great respect for his writing skills. The stories are succinct, the characters are believable and the procedures are credible.
I have read several of them now and I have great respect for his writing skills. The stories are succinct, the characters are believable and the procedures are credible.
As you can tell by the rating, I am a fan of Ed McBain, and am sorry that there won't be any more 87th Precinct Mysteries. This was a slim hardcover--his books tend not to be thick. The question is: who killed Muriel Stark? and why does her cousin keep lying about what happened that night? There is an interesting set of circumstances, and it isn't until the end, as these things go, that all the ramifications are revealed.
Apr 19, 2013
Eddy Allen
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
fiction-and-westerns
A killer is out for blood, and it's up to Detective Steve Carella to bring him in but a shocking surprise awaits when a survivor fingers the suspect in a lineup. McBain has the ability to make every character believable which few writers these days can do. Associated Press McBain forces us to think twice about every character we meet even those we thought we already knew.
Enjoyable, but not one of the best 87th precinct novels I've read. I guessed the killer about half way through the book and I'm not usually good at that. I credit that with the choices being too few, not my own increased detective skills. I did enjoy the book nonetheless.
Another good story in the 87th Precinct series. This one unfolds pretty quietly with only Carella really present in the investigation. However, you're allowed to play along with him a bit more than normal, and it's a nice tight story. I thoroughly enjoyed this one.
Ed McBain can really write but this is not the best of the 87th precinct mysteries in my opinion. Like the fact that the characters continue from one book to the next.
J. Robert Ewbank author "John Wesley, Natural Man, and the 'Isms'"
J. Robert Ewbank author "John Wesley, Natural Man, and the 'Isms'"
A bit dated, but a pretty good police procedural. I did guess the ending about a quarter of the way through. This book did keep my interest a lot better than many of the books I've read lately.
Aug 12, 2010
Sandi
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3 of 5 stars
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Shelves:
fable,
mystery-mcbain-ed
Another police procedure. Not the best one
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Ed McBain is a pseudonym of Evan Hunter, who was born and raised as Salvatore Lombino in New York City, living in East Harlem until the age of 12, at which point his family moved to the Bronx. He attended Olinville Junior High School, then Evander Childs High School, before winning an Art Students League scholarship. Later, he was admitted as an art student at Cooper Union.
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