David Black (3) (1945–)

Why read: Picked up a copy at BEA

What impressed me: That I continued reading this after the first five pages.

What disappointed me: The Extinction Event was a jumbled mess of ideas that seemed geared only towards appealing to the masses. Drugs and sex and how about we throw in some transvestite strippers? Not scandalous enough? Perhaps bloody violence will get this book noticed. If all else fails, make the characters rudely obnoxious in the a perceived effort to be considered gritty. There show more may have been a point to this debacle, but damned if I could find it.

Recommended: Absolutely not. show less

Not bad, but not my cup of tea.
The main characters, Jack and Caroline, kind of flail around for about the first 348 pages trying to figure out why people around them are getting killed and why someone keeps trying to kill them. Then someone comes along and explains to them what's really going on and the book ends.

MURDER AT THE MET:BASED ON THE EXCLUSIVE ACCOUNTS OF DETECTIVES MIKE STRUK AND JERRY GIORGIO OF HOW THEY SOLVED THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA CASE BY DAVID BLACK focuses on the murder of Helen Hagnes Mintiks,30 year old music prodigy, violinist,wife and victim.
The two main detectives on the case : Detective Mike Struck and Jerry Giorgio, polar opposites in every way but united to catch a killer in a crime scene with over two hundred possible suspects. It could be any one of the two hundred or show more none of them. Follow the two detectives as they question,seek answers, catch a murderer .

Yes,this book was written in the 80's and techniques are very different ,but the book still can hold the attention of me and anyone who loves the true fiction/detective crime genre. show less

Wall Street banker, Rothschild representative, Democratic Party