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Abe Lieberman #8
The Last Dark Place
Handcuffed to a dead man, Lieberman vows to take on the Chicago mob
Thirty-three years ago, Connie Gower decided to raise hell in a synagogue. Drunk, armed, and out for revenge, he came to hunt down Abe Lieberman, a young cop he believed had killed his brother in a shoot-out. Lieberman takes him down, unafraid to return fire. Since then, Gower has had few run-ins with the law, even as he made a name for himself as one of the Chicago mob’s most feared contract killers. When he finally gets nailed in Yuma, where he’s fled to avoid a murder charge, the Chicago police send Lieberman to bring him home. Handcuffed to each other, they are about to board the plane when a geriatric airport janitor shuffles towards them, puts on his glasses, and shoots the hitman dead. Though stooped, thin, and old, inside Lieberman is still the young firebrand who wasn’t afraid to draw his gun to protect his family and synagogue. The men who had Connie Gower killed have interfered with justice, and Lieberman will do anything to make them pay.
Thirty-three years ago, Connie Gower decided to raise hell in a synagogue. Drunk, armed, and out for revenge, he came to hunt down Abe Lieberman, a young cop he believed had killed his brother in a shoot-out. Lieberman takes him down, unafraid to return fire. Since then, Gower has had few run-ins with the law, even as he made a name for himself as one of the Chicago mob’s most feared contract killers. When he finally gets nailed in Yuma, where he’s fled to avoid a murder charge, the Chicago police send Lieberman to bring him home. Handcuffed to each other, they are about to board the plane when a geriatric airport janitor shuffles towards them, puts on his glasses, and shoots the hitman dead. Though stooped, thin, and old, inside Lieberman is still the young firebrand who wasn’t afraid to draw his gun to protect his family and synagogue. The men who had Connie Gower killed have interfered with justice, and Lieberman will do anything to make them pay.
254 pages, ebook
First published December 1, 2004
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Stuart M. Kaminsky
161 books215 followersStuart M. Kaminsky wrote 50 published novels, 5 biographies, 4 textbooks and 35 short stories. He also has screenwriting credits on four produced films including ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA, ENEMY TERRITORY, A WOMAN IN THE WIND and HIDDEN FEARS. He was a past president of the Mystery Writers of America and was nominated for six prestigious Edgar Allen Poe Awards including one for his short story “Snow” in 1999. He won an Edgar for his novel A COLD RED SUNRISE, which was also awarded the Prix De Roman D’Aventure of France. He was nominated for both a Shamus Award and a McCavity Readers Choice Award.
Kaminsky wrote several popular series including those featuring Lew Fonesca, Abraham Lieberman, Inspector Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov, and Toby Peters. He also wrote two original "Rockford Files " novels. He was the 50th annual recipient of the Grandmaster 2006 for Lifetime Achievement from the Mystery Writers of America.
Received the Shamus Award, "The Eye" (Lifetime achievement award) in 2007.
His nonfiction books including BASIC FILMMAKING, WRITING FOR TELEVISION, AMERICAN FILM GENRES, and biographies of GARY COOPER, CLINT EASTWOOD, JOHN HUSTON and DON SIEGEL. BEHIND THE MYSTERY was published by Hot House Press in 2005 and nominated by Mystery Writers of America for Best Critical/Biographical book in 2006.
Kaminsky held a B.S. in Journalism and an M.A. in English from The University of Illinois and a Ph.D. in Speech from Northwestern University where he taught for 16 years before becoming a Professor at Florida State. where he headed the Graduate Conservatory in Film and Television Production. He left Florida State in 1994 to pursue full-time writing.
Kaminsky and his wife, Enid Perll, moved to St. Louis, Missouri in March 2009 to await a liver transplant to treat the hepatitis he contracted as an army medic in the late 1950s in France. He suffered a stroke two days after their arrival in St. Louis, which made him ineligible for a transplant. He died on October 9, 2009.
Kaminsky wrote several popular series including those featuring Lew Fonesca, Abraham Lieberman, Inspector Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov, and Toby Peters. He also wrote two original "Rockford Files " novels. He was the 50th annual recipient of the Grandmaster 2006 for Lifetime Achievement from the Mystery Writers of America.
Received the Shamus Award, "The Eye" (Lifetime achievement award) in 2007.
His nonfiction books including BASIC FILMMAKING, WRITING FOR TELEVISION, AMERICAN FILM GENRES, and biographies of GARY COOPER, CLINT EASTWOOD, JOHN HUSTON and DON SIEGEL. BEHIND THE MYSTERY was published by Hot House Press in 2005 and nominated by Mystery Writers of America for Best Critical/Biographical book in 2006.
Kaminsky held a B.S. in Journalism and an M.A. in English from The University of Illinois and a Ph.D. in Speech from Northwestern University where he taught for 16 years before becoming a Professor at Florida State. where he headed the Graduate Conservatory in Film and Television Production. He left Florida State in 1994 to pursue full-time writing.
Kaminsky and his wife, Enid Perll, moved to St. Louis, Missouri in March 2009 to await a liver transplant to treat the hepatitis he contracted as an army medic in the late 1950s in France. He suffered a stroke two days after their arrival in St. Louis, which made him ineligible for a transplant. He died on October 9, 2009.
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March 12, 2021
In this 8th book in the 'Abe Lieberman' series the detective has a lot going on in his professional and personal life. The book can be read as a standalone, but knowledge of the characters is a bonus.
*****
Detective Abe Lieberman ('the rabbi')......
.....and his partner Detective Bill Hanrahan ('Father Murphy'), veteran cops of the Chicago Police Department, are friends as well as partners.
As the book opens, though, they're working on different investigations - several of which unfold during the course of the story.
At the start of the book Lieberman is in Yuma, Arizona, tasked with bringing killer-for-hire Connie Glover back to Chicago.
As Lieberman and a local cop are escorting Connie through the airport, an elderly janitor steps up and shoots the hitman. The janitor, shot by the Yuma cop and hospitalized, admits to accepting money to kill Connie. Trying to find out who ordered the hit, Lieberman finds clues that lead him back to Chicago.
Meanwhile, in Chicago, a gang of young roughnecks has been on a tear - beating, raping, and killing. One of their rape victims is the wife of Detective Sergeant Hugh Morton, a respected black police officer.
Hanrahan, and his temporary partner Detective Bill O'Neil - an irritating big-mouthed racist - need to catch the hooligans before Morton exercises frontier justice and ruins his career.
At the same time, a mob war threatens to break out between local Chinese.....
......and Puerto Rican gangs.
Tensions were already high between the gangs and - after a Chinese thug is thrown out a window - things threaten to go ballistic. Lieberman, who has an odd friendship with the leader of the Latin gang, tries to broker a truce with the help of a Chinese 'godfather.'
And in the category 'inexplicable nutcases', Wayne Czerbiak, a seemingly mild-mannered sign painter.....
.....decides to shoot country singer Lee Cole Carter.
Czerbiak announces his plans quite freely, but people think he's talking about photography....until they don't.
Lieberman and Hanrahan also have a lot going on their personal lives. Lieberman and his wife Bess are the guardians of their grandkids and are planning (and paying for) their grandson's upcoming bar mitzvah. This requires a good deal of preparation as well as some tense interaction with their daughter Lisa - a troubled gal who's flown in for the event.
And Hanrahan and his new Chinese wife, Iris Chen Hanrahan, are expecting a baby. This disturbs Iris's cousin, a member of the Falun Gong, who wants to prevent the birth of this ethnically mixed ('mongrel') baby. The determined Falun Gong member starts his campaign with harassing phone calls to Iris, which doesn't sit well with a lot of people.
Lieberman and Hanrahan, as always, spend some time in Maish Lieberman's delicatessen, eating delicious food and kibitzing with the 'alter cockers', a group of old men who have an opinion about everything.
All in all, a very pleasant visit with Lieberman and Hanrahan, who go about their business skillfully and without undue drama. I enjoyed the book and recommend it to mystery fans. You can't go wrong with Stuart Kaminsky, a respected author of several acclaimed detective series.
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December 24, 2022
Surprisingly good - I enjoy all Kaminsky, but as this one started some of the storylines were so bleak I was having trouble with them. The writing, characters, and development captured me totally within the first quarter of the book, and by the end I was impressed with all aspects. A couple scenes I found overly dramatic and not completely believable, but overall it was a very good read, with some parts of the story not fully resolved but fading at the end of the book.
April 19, 2021
As I've written before, Kaminsky was an amazing writer. Each of his series are different and all of the main characters are, also, different. Only similarity if an interest in Western 1930s-40s pop culture.
As with most Kaminsky fans, and Kaminsky himself, the Toby Peters series is the favorite.
The Lieberman series is OK, but this one brings out my troubles with his typical approach to the series.
This book seems a retread of earlier novel: Multiple storylines, some sort of Jewish service involving prolonged family involvement, crazed maniac as a sub-story, gang issues, the deli scenes.
Kaminsky has so much going on he again misses, what should be, a critical element he does so well in his other series: Intriguing descriptions of the settings in Chicago. Chicago is an architectural wonder with a developed Downtown and outlying areas that are ripe for fascinating description. Yet, this is the one series he really leaves the settings out. Often, while reading, the settings seem more Los Angeles than Chicago. All odd in that Kaminsky was born and lived more his life in Chicago.
The multiple storylines, this time, are far too tangled and poorly laid out. Most could've been cut away and made a very strong novel. Instead the cut from one angle of stories to another gives little to caring about so many. Kaminsky invests more words of depth into the "alter cockers" that I found them the most interesting of the crowd. Kaminsky should've just done this and all of the Lieberman books about them and their adventures.
Bottom line: I don't recommend this book. 5 out of 5 points.
As with most Kaminsky fans, and Kaminsky himself, the Toby Peters series is the favorite.
The Lieberman series is OK, but this one brings out my troubles with his typical approach to the series.
This book seems a retread of earlier novel: Multiple storylines, some sort of Jewish service involving prolonged family involvement, crazed maniac as a sub-story, gang issues, the deli scenes.
Kaminsky has so much going on he again misses, what should be, a critical element he does so well in his other series: Intriguing descriptions of the settings in Chicago. Chicago is an architectural wonder with a developed Downtown and outlying areas that are ripe for fascinating description. Yet, this is the one series he really leaves the settings out. Often, while reading, the settings seem more Los Angeles than Chicago. All odd in that Kaminsky was born and lived more his life in Chicago.
The multiple storylines, this time, are far too tangled and poorly laid out. Most could've been cut away and made a very strong novel. Instead the cut from one angle of stories to another gives little to caring about so many. Kaminsky invests more words of depth into the "alter cockers" that I found them the most interesting of the crowd. Kaminsky should've just done this and all of the Lieberman books about them and their adventures.
Bottom line: I don't recommend this book. 5 out of 5 points.
April 22, 2024
There were a few stories going on at once. Oddly enough, I stayed on top of all of them. Kudos to the author.
Abe is escorting a fugitive from Arizona who gets shot and killed in the airport. The perp is an employee of the airport. Abe tries to figure out who hired the guy to do the deed.
Abe’s nephew is preparing for his bar mitzvah. Lisa, Abe’s daughter comes for it. But not her husband. At least not right away.
Three young men are on a crime rampage that includes, rape, robbery and murder. Things get a little complicated when they rape a cops wife. Hanrahan is on the case with another partner, O’Brien since Abe is working the fugitive.
A warped guy decides he is going to kill a famous country singer. He even tells people. They don’t really believe him but a one of them decides he isn’t going to take the risk.
I enjoyed this book. I hate the fact there are only 2 books left in the series. This author past away in 2009 from hepatitis complications. UGH.
Abe is escorting a fugitive from Arizona who gets shot and killed in the airport. The perp is an employee of the airport. Abe tries to figure out who hired the guy to do the deed.
Abe’s nephew is preparing for his bar mitzvah. Lisa, Abe’s daughter comes for it. But not her husband. At least not right away.
Three young men are on a crime rampage that includes, rape, robbery and murder. Things get a little complicated when they rape a cops wife. Hanrahan is on the case with another partner, O’Brien since Abe is working the fugitive.
A warped guy decides he is going to kill a famous country singer. He even tells people. They don’t really believe him but a one of them decides he isn’t going to take the risk.
I enjoyed this book. I hate the fact there are only 2 books left in the series. This author past away in 2009 from hepatitis complications. UGH.
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July 21, 2024
Summary: Who ordered the hit on the hitman? That’s what Lieberman, who was transporting him back to Chicago tries to figure out as he tries to head off a gang war and pay for his grandson’s bar mitzvah.
Over thirty years ago Abe Lieberman’s prayers at shul were interrupted by Connie Gower, seeking to avenge his brother, who Lieberman, then a young cop had killed. Lieberman escaped that situation. Now, a much older Lieberman sits in the Yuma airport, along with a local cop, handcuffed to Gower. He’s bringing him back to Chicago to stand trial for a “hit.” Gower has made a career of killing people for hire.
All hell breaks loose when an elderly airport worker opens fire on Gower, killing him, getting badly wounded by the local policeman in the process. The worker survives but won’t give Lieberman much. He tells him he was paid by a man with a darkened thumb, money that would go to a granddaughter’s college fund. Now, Lieberman returns to Chicago to find the man who ordered the hit.
He faces far more than this on his return. Two ethnic gangs, one Latino and the other Asian, are on the verge of an all-out war. Meanwhile, an obsessed Falun Gong cultist is stalking his partner Hanrahan’s pregnant wife, who is Asian. And Hanrahan is under pressure to quickly find three youth who raped a rising Black detective’s wife. The detective is on the mayor’s shortlist for a top police slot. No one want’s that detective to find those youth first. And while all this is happening, a disillusioned sign painter is plotting to kill a country star who has disappointed him, thinking that for a moment he will be a hero. Just another week in Chicago.
While Lieberman cherishes his family, homelife is a challenge. His wife is zealously guarding his diet because his cholesterol is high. His daughter blames her failed marriages and troubles in life on Abe. Yet she wants his help with her son’s bar mitzvah, including financial help, stretching his detective’s salary further. And his responsibilities at the synagogue keep calling. The only thing that mitigates any of this is the deep fellowship and banter with the alter cockers, the men he prays with, and eats food forbidden by his wife, at the local deli.
This is my first Abe Lieberman (yes I know I’m reading out of order!). My son introduced me to Kaminsky’s Russian detective, Porfiry Rostnikov. I loved those stories and so downloaded this to my Kindle when it came up as a bargain. And what a treat to discover this veteran, street smart and self-deprecating detective. He show compassion for the men of his shul and for his wayward daughter, even while he mentors his grandson as he makes an important life passage. The book is a quick and engaging read that gives one sympathy for the personal and professional challenges facing any policeman in one of our major cities. Abe Lieberman, whatever his faults, navigates these pretty well. I have a feeling this won’t be my last Abe Lieberman story.
Over thirty years ago Abe Lieberman’s prayers at shul were interrupted by Connie Gower, seeking to avenge his brother, who Lieberman, then a young cop had killed. Lieberman escaped that situation. Now, a much older Lieberman sits in the Yuma airport, along with a local cop, handcuffed to Gower. He’s bringing him back to Chicago to stand trial for a “hit.” Gower has made a career of killing people for hire.
All hell breaks loose when an elderly airport worker opens fire on Gower, killing him, getting badly wounded by the local policeman in the process. The worker survives but won’t give Lieberman much. He tells him he was paid by a man with a darkened thumb, money that would go to a granddaughter’s college fund. Now, Lieberman returns to Chicago to find the man who ordered the hit.
He faces far more than this on his return. Two ethnic gangs, one Latino and the other Asian, are on the verge of an all-out war. Meanwhile, an obsessed Falun Gong cultist is stalking his partner Hanrahan’s pregnant wife, who is Asian. And Hanrahan is under pressure to quickly find three youth who raped a rising Black detective’s wife. The detective is on the mayor’s shortlist for a top police slot. No one want’s that detective to find those youth first. And while all this is happening, a disillusioned sign painter is plotting to kill a country star who has disappointed him, thinking that for a moment he will be a hero. Just another week in Chicago.
While Lieberman cherishes his family, homelife is a challenge. His wife is zealously guarding his diet because his cholesterol is high. His daughter blames her failed marriages and troubles in life on Abe. Yet she wants his help with her son’s bar mitzvah, including financial help, stretching his detective’s salary further. And his responsibilities at the synagogue keep calling. The only thing that mitigates any of this is the deep fellowship and banter with the alter cockers, the men he prays with, and eats food forbidden by his wife, at the local deli.
This is my first Abe Lieberman (yes I know I’m reading out of order!). My son introduced me to Kaminsky’s Russian detective, Porfiry Rostnikov. I loved those stories and so downloaded this to my Kindle when it came up as a bargain. And what a treat to discover this veteran, street smart and self-deprecating detective. He show compassion for the men of his shul and for his wayward daughter, even while he mentors his grandson as he makes an important life passage. The book is a quick and engaging read that gives one sympathy for the personal and professional challenges facing any policeman in one of our major cities. Abe Lieberman, whatever his faults, navigates these pretty well. I have a feeling this won’t be my last Abe Lieberman story.
July 18, 2024
This is the Abe Lieberman series book that I have liked the least so far. I have read them all in order these last 2 years despite their publication being decades ago. And I have to add that in general he does Chicago the best of any writer I'm read. So far. And that does include Studs Terkel and Mike Royko, although both of them are also close to superb. Kaminsky gets the energy and everyman or everywoman aspect better. Of how it WAS, not how it is now. Of course, it might be easier in fiction formats.
The Last Dark Place is "all over the place". Multiple plots with one of them occurring in Yuma, AZ and Abe having to fly up and back twice in context. Also there is more switching narrator and locale placement than in the others for this series numbered 1-7. Not a bad thing overall. But I felt a disorientation a couple of times within the jumpiness of going between major gang fights (Chinese tongs vs El Perro's) and all the various work and personnel backgrounds introduced. Or developed. Of course we see and hear about all at Maish's Diner several different mornings.
Also the plot piece with the 3 baseball bat perps on a rampage didn't mesh well with me. Not that it could not happen. But still, it was way too pat for any scope comparison to reality. That survivor would NEVER have sacrificed himself with the confession he made. THAT is the stuff of movieland, not police/court Chicago.
There is a funeral and Abe's grandson's bar mitzvah. But there is also a HUGE event/crime carryover to #9 at the very end of this one. Which I dislike. It reminds me of the "perils of Pauline" stuff they used to run at the movie theaters when I was a kid. Leaving a murder or a kid tied on a railroad track with the train coming to make you come to see the outcome next week. Authors still use it. I still think it cops out. Cheesy method.
But all the plotting mishaps were all countered by IMMENSE character revelations and onus of personality rarely seen ALSO in this one. And it entertained to a 5 all the God denying readers too. Because it is loaded with faithless going through the motions for traditions sake. UGH! Common, but to me just hypocritical.
So it is a full 3 stars and also is truthful for the aspects of neighborhood change, era change, aging change and status change. Kids grow up, people marry, people die, people move away etc. All here. So is all the cholesterol banter which I despise. Senseless and so dated to a semblance of science truth. Reminds me of all the years that they told us margarine was better than butter. Or to not eat eggs.
Looking forward to #9. I know there are only a couple left.
The Last Dark Place is "all over the place". Multiple plots with one of them occurring in Yuma, AZ and Abe having to fly up and back twice in context. Also there is more switching narrator and locale placement than in the others for this series numbered 1-7. Not a bad thing overall. But I felt a disorientation a couple of times within the jumpiness of going between major gang fights (Chinese tongs vs El Perro's) and all the various work and personnel backgrounds introduced. Or developed. Of course we see and hear about all at Maish's Diner several different mornings.
Also the plot piece with the 3 baseball bat perps on a rampage didn't mesh well with me. Not that it could not happen. But still, it was way too pat for any scope comparison to reality. That survivor would NEVER have sacrificed himself with the confession he made. THAT is the stuff of movieland, not police/court Chicago.
There is a funeral and Abe's grandson's bar mitzvah. But there is also a HUGE event/crime carryover to #9 at the very end of this one. Which I dislike. It reminds me of the "perils of Pauline" stuff they used to run at the movie theaters when I was a kid. Leaving a murder or a kid tied on a railroad track with the train coming to make you come to see the outcome next week. Authors still use it. I still think it cops out. Cheesy method.
But all the plotting mishaps were all countered by IMMENSE character revelations and onus of personality rarely seen ALSO in this one. And it entertained to a 5 all the God denying readers too. Because it is loaded with faithless going through the motions for traditions sake. UGH! Common, but to me just hypocritical.
So it is a full 3 stars and also is truthful for the aspects of neighborhood change, era change, aging change and status change. Kids grow up, people marry, people die, people move away etc. All here. So is all the cholesterol banter which I despise. Senseless and so dated to a semblance of science truth. Reminds me of all the years that they told us margarine was better than butter. Or to not eat eggs.
Looking forward to #9. I know there are only a couple left.
December 6, 2019
This is a wonderful book, quite the best of a damn good series. The characters are nicely drawn, with our hero Abe taking on new luster as a husband, father, grandfather, Jew, partner and, most of all, brilliant detective. There’s a measure of complexity to the plot, but never to the point where the reader will get lost in the details. The pace is just right, and the story ends just when it should.
September 21, 2023
I know it’s just a book. However, I feel it is important to keep storylines as close to realistic as possible. In this instance, Abe got very crucial health information about a person without any releases being signed. That brings to question HIPPA! Overall, though a very good read. I am always amazed at how Abe and his partner twist these things together and figure things out the way they do.
May 18, 2018
If it has one star I liked it a lot
If it has two stars I liked it a lot and would recommend it
If it has three stars I really really liked it a lot If it has four stars I insist you read it
If it has five stars it was life changing
If it has two stars I liked it a lot and would recommend it
If it has three stars I really really liked it a lot If it has four stars I insist you read it
If it has five stars it was life changing
January 26, 2022
If one can learn about someone through the books they write, Stuart Kaminsky. Is a person I very much would have liked to meet. More than once. Hung out a little. I think I would have rerun that memory many times.
It goes without saying, what I think about his books ….
It goes without saying, what I think about his books ….
March 28, 2022
I enjoy Abe Lieberman, and his realtionship with his Catholic partner.
November 7, 2022
Excellent mult-faceted story but not overly confusing. I appreciate crime/mystery writers who
have a good sense of humor! Always some chuckles with Kaminsky!
have a good sense of humor! Always some chuckles with Kaminsky!
March 31, 2023
Have I said before how much I love Abe Lieberman?
September 6, 2012
In The Last Dark Place, Lieberman goes to Arizona to pick up a mob enforcer in an extradition case. However, the prisoner is shot and killed by an airport maintenance man in the airport while handcuffed to Lieberman. Hanrahan investigates the rape of the wife of a fellow officer. He also must save his own wife, Iris Chen Hanrahan, from a deranged family member who tries to stop her from having Hanrahan’s baby. In addition, Lieberman must avert a gang war between Chinese and Puerto Rican gang members with the help of Mr. Woo and El Perro. Of course, Lieberman must also cope with the usually family stresses. This time it’s his grandson’s Bar Mitzvah. This is another very interesting and enjoyable read!
June 22, 2015
This is the first book that I've read by Stuart M. Kaminsky. I don't typically read detective novels, but I had this book (I have no idea where I got it from!) and decided to give it a try. I started it yesterday and finished it this afternoon. Suffice it to say, it was definitely a page turner for me. The story takes place in Chicago and is centered around a cop, Abe Lieberman, his life, both on and off-duty. Though the storyline kept my interest enough for me to finish the book in a day, I don't intend to now seek out other books by Kaminsky, but if you enjoy a good detective novel, then I would definitely recommend this book.
November 14, 2014
Stuart Kaminsky's "Abe Lieberman" series continue to be my favorite of all of the author's very enjoyable novels. I like the Toby Peters series and Kaminsky's memorable characters-- but Lieberman is the best. Kaminsky captures so many nuances that are spot on within this protagonist and the mishegas that surrounds him, his partner, and regulars that come and go throughout his days. Just a wonderful read and a terrific break from my favored "Nordic Noir" mysteries. Can't wait to get another.
March 6, 2016
My first Stuart Kaminsky/Abe Lieberman mystery and I am hooked. It takes place mostly in Chicago (with a trip to Yuma in this one) and the main characters are two detectives, Abe Lieberman and Bill Hanrahan, referred to as The Rabbi and The Priest. Although they are working separately for most of this book, there are four or five plot lines running throughout. Always interesting, sometime very humorous and sometimes very dark. Can't wait to read more.
September 13, 2012
I'ave had an end of summer re-visit with Stuart Kaminsky andlove his characters.
I thought I'd read this Abe Lieberman but there are no notes.
Kaminsky writes like an ensemble group in theater.
No one super hero...... all parts are needed to work.
It is great to help clear your brain and just enjoy!
I thought I'd read this Abe Lieberman but there are no notes.
Kaminsky writes like an ensemble group in theater.
No one super hero...... all parts are needed to work.
It is great to help clear your brain and just enjoy!
November 1, 2019
Abe goes to Yuma to bring a mob hit man back to Chicago. Hanrahan is saddled with a new partner who is a racist creep. Barry's bar mitzva. A gang war is brewing between the Los Tantaculos and a Chinese gang. An insane cousin is telling Iris that she has to abort the baby she is carrying.
This was one of our Lutrecia read-alouds and book #14 on our 2017 Read-alouds list.
This was one of our Lutrecia read-alouds and book #14 on our 2017 Read-alouds list.
February 9, 2016
It's always a pleasure to spend time with Lieberman and Hanrahan in Rogers Park and the other Chicago locales. Kaminsky is a master at both character and plot.
April 19, 2011
one of the many detective books my dad leaves behind for me when visiting. there were to many different side plots going on and too many characters none of which i really cared about
May 28, 2016
Good Stuff. Good Characters. First rate storytelling.
May 16, 2021
My first book by Kaminsky, not my last.
(I wrote that in 2004. Here it is 2021, and it was my last, at least so far.)
(I wrote that in 2004. Here it is 2021, and it was my last, at least so far.)
July 24, 2010
Kaminsky once again weaves a masterful plot and crams a lot into 256 pages.
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