The Fourth Deadly Sin

Edward X. Delaney is a retired cop drawn into one last case: a New York psychiatrist is brutally murdered and there are six suspects - the psychiatrist's six patients. I have to say that I enjoyed this book. I used to read a lot of Lawrence Sanders but got out of the habit. Now, I'm back in the habit again and looking forward to reading more soon. I give it an A!

First line:
~ The November sky over Manhattan was chain mail, raveling into steely rain ~

This book is about a murdered New York psychiatrist, the ex-cop who must crack the case with his team and six suspects-the doctor's own patients.

Loved that opening line, actually beautifully written, but the book did not live up to it's promise. I have read a number of Lawrence Sanders books with the Archie McNally character and thoroughly enjoyed his humour and his writing style. So,I was looking forward to getting into this series.

Written in the 80's I found this book was also full of themes that I found offensive and politically incorrect. I have read other books written in those years (eg. Robert B. Parker's works) and did not find I had the same show more reaction.

This wasn't a terrible book, just not very exciting and / or suspenseful. I see from other reviews that most people consider this to be the weakest of the five Edward X. Delaney books so I will probably give another one a try. show less

My grandmother loved this author, and gave me this book years ago. I read it, and enjoyed it (I still remember a few things about it), but in general, these sorts of straight mysteries aren't my thing. A good book, though.

Well above average crime novel.

מהספרים הגרועים שקראתי בחיי. אפילו יחסית לרב מכר ובלש זה מתחת לכל רמה. משעמם, מגושם, חסר דמיון, כתוב גרוע, בלי טיפוס אחד מעניין או עלילה ששווה פרוטה. חבל על הזמן.