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PIs Bill Smith and Lydia Chin go undercover to investigate suspicious deaths on a construction site in New York City, including those of a crane operator and a cement mixer. Smith is posing as a mason, Lydia as a secretary in the trailer.Tags
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infosleuth Both of these books take place in New York City and are concerned with accidents that take place on building sites. No colder place is part of the Bill Smith/Lydia Chin series while In this rain is a political mystery/thriller. Both are outstanding.
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A cocky private eye takes on a job to investigate the problems happening on a construction site - scams, missing machinery, dead bodies. A huge conspiracy begins to unravel. "There is no colder place" than a building under construction before it has been closed in. The plot was hard to follow at times, over the top, and slow. But still a good read, interesting first person perspectives.
Another Bill Smith novel in this series where the two central characters -- Bill Smith and his partner Lydia Chin -- take turns as narrator. In this one, Smith has gone under cover as a construction worker, to investigate theft on the site. The detail about the construction industry is interesting, and the plot compelling.
Interesting plot.
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- Canonical title
- No Colder Place
- Original title
- No Colder Place
- Original publication date
- 1997
- People/Characters
- Lydia Chin; Bill Smith
- Important places
- Manhattan, New York, New York, USA
- Dedication
- For Umberto, Allessandra, Jurek, Tom, and Gary,
who should have been here,
and for Tommy, who was - First words
- There's no place colder than a construction site.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I let the door to the tavern close behind me and headed with him for the bar, to sit and have a beer at the end of the working day.
- Publisher's editor
- Keith Kahla
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- Popularity
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- Languages
- English, Japanese, Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 5
- ASINs
- 3
