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Marian Larch Mysteries #4
You Have The Right To Remain Silent
Assigned to a precinct on Manhattan's Lower East Side and stuck with an incompetent partner, New York Police Sergeant Marian Larch must rely on old friends when a savage stabbing and gangland-style slayings occur on her beat.
249 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1992
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Barbara Paul
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Barbara Paul is an American writer of detective stories and science fiction. She was born in Maysville, Kentucky, in 1931 and was educated, inter alia, at Bowling Green State University and the University of Pittsburgh.
A number of her novels feature in-jokes: for example Full Frontal Murder borrows various names from the British TV series Blake's 7.
Barbara Paul is an American writer of detective stories and science fiction. She was born in Maysville, Kentucky, in 1931 and was educated, inter alia, at Bowling Green State University and the University of Pittsburgh.
A number of her novels feature in-jokes: for example Full Frontal Murder borrows various names from the British TV series Blake's 7.
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November 18, 2012
3.5 stars.
This series was self-published and needed an editor. That said, I love Curt Holland -- who, in another incarnation, is Blakes 7's Kerr Avon. [And don't I just wish the stories featuring this character had been made into movies with a young Paul Darrow!] Although the stories become more dated as time passes, I have a special fondness for books #4 (this book), #5 The Apostrophe Thief
and #6 Fare Play
.
Could have been better, but enjoyed it for what it was.
This series was self-published and needed an editor. That said, I love Curt Holland -- who, in another incarnation, is Blakes 7's Kerr Avon. [And don't I just wish the stories featuring this character had been made into movies with a young Paul Darrow!] Although the stories become more dated as time passes, I have a special fondness for books #4 (this book), #5 The Apostrophe Thief
and #6 Fare Play
. Could have been better, but enjoyed it for what it was.
May 28, 2015
Paul wrote three books about Marian Larch before this one, but this is the first in which Marian's love interest Curt Holland appears. I first read this book probably about the time it was published, in 1992. I very much enjoyed it and the following three Marian Larch books (especially the last, Full Frontal Murder).
There's nothing remarkable about the plot or the dialog, but I do like Marian, her gang of police friends, and her relationship with actress Kelly Ingram. Curt Holland does not come across as a very likable guy, and it's fun to watch his relationship with Marian unfold over the four books. I really enjoyed the big climax in this book as well, with three cops battling over a gun next to a man wired with a bomb.
Reading this book now, I enjoyed Holland's abilities as a super computer guy, who can navigate behind the scenes of computer systems. Wow, computers have changed a lot over those years! And Marian doesn't even have a home computer.
If you like well written police mysteries with interesting characters and a fair bit of action, you might try Barbara Paul's Marian Larch series.
There's nothing remarkable about the plot or the dialog, but I do like Marian, her gang of police friends, and her relationship with actress Kelly Ingram. Curt Holland does not come across as a very likable guy, and it's fun to watch his relationship with Marian unfold over the four books. I really enjoyed the big climax in this book as well, with three cops battling over a gun next to a man wired with a bomb.
Reading this book now, I enjoyed Holland's abilities as a super computer guy, who can navigate behind the scenes of computer systems. Wow, computers have changed a lot over those years! And Marian doesn't even have a home computer.
If you like well written police mysteries with interesting characters and a fair bit of action, you might try Barbara Paul's Marian Larch series.
June 27, 2014
Detective Sgt. Marian Larch is trying to solve a quadruple execution-style murder with no idea whether or not she's the only honest cop on the case. It makes for an interesting dilemma, and Barbara Paul gives it enough unexpected twists to keep you guessing. Hard-boiled mysteries aren't usually my cup of tea, but this one's a corker.
May 8, 2015
Could nit get into this book.
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