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The Last Dance: A Novel of the 87th Precinct (87th Precinct Mysteries) |
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Published: 2007-01-02 |
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Customer comments on this selection.
 A good story
I wasn't familiar with McBain before coming across this book. It's a really well done mystery ---characters are well drawn and interesting, the events are plausible. McBain also was the narrator for the audio book I listened to, and did an excellent job. Few writers would have a talent for that. An article on him in Wikipedia reveals that he was even more multi-talented than that, working in the movies and TV. His legal name was Evan Hunter. Unfortunately, he died in 2005. It will take a while to read all of his books.
 Superbly Entertaining
I picked up The Last Dance expecting a detective story and was pleasantly surprised to find a unique take on police procedural. The characters were interesting, the dialog crisp and hilarious. McBain could pen a phrase like no one I've ever read. I found the `stream of consciousness' style of dialog hilarious. Some parts were so funny, I read over it again (like a favorite song you replay over and over when no one else is around). Although all police investigations don't end with a bang, I wanted a bigger ending. However, the characters alone are enough to make me want to check out other books in this series.
RIP Ed McBain
He was my favorite author and I believe that anything he has written should be required reading for any fan of mysteries. He had a comic flair and a way with words that engages the reader immediately. Don't miss!
 More than a 3 but not quite a 4
This book was fast reading and entertaining, yet I felt there were too many characters and too many things happening. Towards the end when another new character was introduced, it was too much. I didn't think it wrapped up well, either.
I will try another on of his books, but he'll have to put a little more substance in his writing for me to become a fan.
Everything falls into place nicely
THE LAST DANCE does a nice job of combining solid detective work with the occasional bit of chance to form a nicely constructed 87th precinct novel. All the players are here, including the man we love to hate Ollie Weeks, and the murder here is complicated by a series of events that are indirectly related, yet all lead to the eventual solution. A suicide that transforms into a homicide which ties into a play revival; only McBain can make something seemingly so far fetched work so well. For the 50th book in a series, this one definitely is spry for its age and McBain does his usual fine job making it all work.
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