Bloody London

Artie Cohen #3

by Reggie Nadelson

As New York basks in a fine Indian summer, no one notices the feral teenagers in Central Park, or the homeless living by the river. Certainly no-one connects them to the Russian gangsters buying into respectability on the East Side, or to the dead Englishman in the swimming pool...

Thomas Pascoe, a super-rich, elderly investment banker, is found gorily murdered on the day he was due to return to London, floating in the pool of the most exclusive apartment block in town. As head of the 'co-op' for the luxury apartments, where the residents own the shares, Pascoe had his say in who got to live in them, and who didn't. Could this be a motive for his murder?

The investigation takes Artie Cohen to London, where the gripping plot unfolds with a series of murders, an encounter with his longtime girlfriend, and a meeting with a figure from the past. The momentum of apparently tangential events builds to a trademark thrilling conclusion.

Genres: Fiction

352 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Reggie Nadelson is a New Yorker who also makes her home in London. She is a journalist and documentary film-maker. She is the author of the critically acclaimed series featuring Artie Cohen, Moscow-born New Yorker and the first great post-Cold War cop.

Series:
* Artie Cohen

Reviews

[Rachel Rice · Rating 1 out of 5]

Meh! There are too many characters and just didn't care about the characters. I dnf'd it fairy early on. Sorry Regie 😞😔😟🙁😥

[Martha · Rating 5 out of 5]

There's a reason so many of the pull quotes on the back covers of Nadelson's books mention Raymond Chandler -- she's got his amazing sense of the internal life of her characters, and writes desire and hopelessness and inevitably almost as well as he did. The best thing about her, though, is that she does all that without a single overt reference, or attempt at aping Chandler's style. She's just good.

[I'm burning through this series, and Bloody London is the high point so far -- finally, the plotting is up to the level of Nadelson's writing, and the result is fantastic.:]

[Karen · Rating 2 out of 5]

I still really like Artie but this book just failed to grip much. Not sure that I'll read any more in the series.

[Janellyn51 · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the first book I've read in this series. I really enjoyed it. I think that Nadelson is very good at writing dialogue in the way that Dennis Lehane is. I liked the Artie character, and I enjoyed the story. I thought it was suspenseful. I thought the Frankie character was intriguing. I thought the London real estate info was interesting. The only thing I can't figure, is it would seem to me, that if something begins to take on an air of terrorism, it seems to me if would be a matter for MI5 more than the police dept...big fan of the series MI5 and kept wondering where Harry Pierce...Tom or Adam were in this!

[David Wyatt · Rating 2 out of 5]

Rarely do I start reading a book that I am unable to finish, however Reggie Nadelson's "Bloody London" was just a book. I like the general premise of the plot, I liked the direction that it was heading. However I could not become engulfed with the book because the dialogue was so scrambled to me. I was unable to get a clear picture of any of the characters or the surroundings.

I tend to avoid dialogue heavy, lack of narrative books. I'm sure that if you are the opposite you may enjoy this work. However this just was not for me.

[Barbara · Rating 2 out of 5]

Still reading. Just started last night. I think I have, courtesy of NYTimes review, stumbled upon a new (to me) fabulous mystery series. a) its set in New York City b) the hero, Archie Cohen is tough and fabulous and c) the writing style is Raymond Chandler-esque. I think I'm set for a bit on what to read next. THANK GOD!

Finished. Eh. Not that great. I sort of lost track of who was who, and oddly enough for a mystery thriller kept falling asleep while reading. I would say it was ALMOST good.

[Bibliophile · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really like Nadelson. She's so good at that hard-boiled thing. I love the atmoshpere in the Russian neighbourhoods her characters frequent. I love the characters too, though I'm having second thoughts about Artie after this one. His girlfriend goes on a trip without asking for his permission so he sleeps with other women? Oh come on. I liked the parts that are set in NYC, but kind of drifted off for the London parts. There's too much going on. Disappointing.

[Larry · Rating 3 out of 5]

nice enough, i couldn't find the first couple in my library, but this was a decent introduction to the Cohen series. I'll definitely look for more.

[Ashley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Review posted on the backstage book lover Friday November 30 and here on Saturday December 1 2011.

[Theresa Lange · Rating 5 out of 5]

Intensely good