William Caunitz (1933–1996)

I think my Aunt Alice left this behind during one of her visits in the 1990s.

I picked it up to read it since it was just sitting on the shelf and I intend to release it on BookCrossing. One of my BC Pet Peeves is people releasing books they have not reviewed, or even read! Reading this is an attempt to remedy that.

Generally, I am not a cop-crime fan. But I am actually enjoying this book! I get two hours a day to read it on the bus to and from work and am almost finished. Caunitz definitely show more has his pulse on cop life which only makes sense since he was a cop!

Honestly, though, once I am finished reading this book, I will probably forget about it. It's entertaining for now but its not the kind of book that sticks in my head for a long time after reading it. show less

This book was written in the 1980's and should be reviewed based on the time it was written. It is outdated but that didn't bother me at all. It's an excellent written book that really brings out the police procedures of the NYPD during the '80's. The book is action packed and the plot is full of twist and turns.

Can't remember why I picked this up. I think I read a great review of his first book. This collection had his first three books printed in reverse chronological order. Even though they are all standalone, I still had to read the whole thing backwards. They were all pretty ropey 80s police stories. The first one starts with a murder but soon went completely bonkers and ended up with the Mossad commandeering some US Army ordnance to defeat a terrorist attack in New York with jeep-mounted show more machine guns and rocket launchers. Not your average police crime procedural. show less

Caunitz's work is incredibly detailed when it comes to the procedurals of police work, but the problem with this is that the details also make the work incredibly dated. But, that aside, it is enjoyable. This is more of an average every-day whodunit than the high-stakes suspense tales that we see coming out every day now, which is rather refreshing. On the other hand, while the tale has plenty of twists, it also has a few too many subplots, and the dialogue is sometimes fairly contrived, if show more not simply unbelievable. Still, the story is enjoyable, and it provides a decent escape, albeit one you may well feel detached from. It's just not a suspense novel which you can be so sucked into as to feel as if it really is happening at the moment or something which could mean life or death. show less