Criminal Conversation
by Evan Hunter
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An assistant district attorney launches a one-man crusade against the Mafia in this legal thriller from the bestselling author of the 87th Precinct series. The call comes from Narcotics, Manhattan South. A low-level drug dealer just got caught in a buy-bust, and he's ready to spill his guts. It wouldn't be a priority—especially not four days before Christmas—but the thug just mentioned the Mafia, and that means all hands on deck. It's just what Michael Welles has been waiting for. An show more assistant district attorney with a burning hatred of organized crime, he'll do anything for a crack at the mob. He's about to get a chance to bring down the whole clan—but his loved ones' lives are at stake. The dealer they arrested is an unlucky gambler whose debts put him smack in the middle of two of New York's most powerful crime families. Following the man's lead, Michael sets up a massive eavesdropping operation intended to trap the ruthless new leader of the local mob—but what he hears on the other end of the wiretap will make him doubt everything he knows about his family, his wife, and himself. From the legendary Ed McBain, who "virtually invented the American police procedural with his gritty 87th Precinct series," Criminal Conversation is as realistic as it gets (The New York Times). Fiction. Mystery. show lessTags
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Supposedly a taught psychological/erotic thriller, this book doesn't really have all that much to offer. A DA is trying to gather evidence to convict a vicious, but young and handsome, mob leader. In the meantime, the DAs wife begins an affair with the mob guy but, and here's the silly part, the mob guy doesn't realize this is a DA's wife and the wife doesn't realize this is a mob guy. Evan Hunter is better known as an author by his pseudonym, Ed McBain, creator of the 87th Precinct series, so it's no surprise that the most enjoyable parts of this book are the police procedural sections. In general, I felt that the first third of the book was obvious and cliche-ridden, the second third became tolerable, and the final third was more or show more less enjoyable, although still marbled with cliched side plots that go nowhere and seem to mostly be there to show how sensitive the author is. I don't mind having read this, but I don't recommend anyone else spending the time. show less
Sarah Welles loves her husband Michael but his job as district attorney keeps him away, and one Christmas/New Year when he's investigating a mafia family she's away on a tropical island and meets someone.
Andrew Farrell is a playboy, and has a lot of girlfriends but he's attracted to Sarah. After the attraction he hunts Sarah up again in New York and wants to take it on further.
Meanwhile Michael doesn't notice, is too caught up with trying to catch this mafia family, co-oncidentally a mafia family that Anthony is major player.
Gripping, interesting and you can see how much of this would happen.
Andrew Farrell is a playboy, and has a lot of girlfriends but he's attracted to Sarah. After the attraction he hunts Sarah up again in New York and wants to take it on further.
Meanwhile Michael doesn't notice, is too caught up with trying to catch this mafia family, co-oncidentally a mafia family that Anthony is major player.
Gripping, interesting and you can see how much of this would happen.
Een lekker boek voor op vakantie of op het strand. Boeiend
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Ed McBain is a pen name for Evan Hunter who was born in 1926 in East Harlem, New York on October 15, 1926. Hunter was born with the name Salvatore Albert Lombino, and he legally adopted the name Evan Hunter in 1952. During World War II, Hunter joined the Navy and served aboard a destroyer in the Pacific. He graduated from Hunter College, were he show more majored in English and psychology, with minors in dramatics and education. He was a prolific writer who also wrote under the names of Ed McBain, Curt Cannon, Hunt Collins, Ezra Hannon, and Richard Marsten. His first major success came in 1954 with the publication of The Blackboard Jungle, which was later adapted as a film. He published the first three books in the 87th Precinct series in 1956 under the name of Ed McBain. He also wrote juvenile books, plays, television scripts, and stories and articles for magazines. He won the Mystery Writers of America Award in 1957 and the Grand Master Award in 1986 for lifetime achievement. He died of laryngeal cancer on July 6, 2005 at the age of 78. (Bowker Author Biography) Ed McBain is the only American to receive the Diamond Dagger, the British Crime Writers Association's highest award. He also holds the Mystery Writers of America's coveted Grand Master Award. His books have sold over one hundred million copies, ranging from his most recent, "The Last Dance", to the bestselling "The Blackboard Jungle", the screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" & the bestselling "Privileged Conversation", written under his own name, Evan Hunter. He lives in Connecticut. (Publisher Provided) Ed McBain, aka Evan Hunter, wrote the screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds and has written many novels. He is the only American to be awarded Britain's coveted Diamond Dagger Award, the highest honor a suspense writer can achieve. He lives in Connecticut. (Publisher Provided) show less
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- Criminal Conversation
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- Criminal Conversation
- Original publication date
- 1994
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