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" Funny in an weird sort of way. Not an 87th Precinct novel "

" Except for a couple of inexcusable coincidences, A fun and readable book. "

" Very amusing with wonderful twists of plot. Just when you think the protagonist will figure it out...wham! McBain turns the plot again! "

" E-book. A little too unrealistic murder mystery, plus the author goes on and on with some of his descriptions - so much so that I start thinking about something else, waiting for him to get past that point. "

" Not one of McBain's better efforts. Plot and characters are convoluted at best, and the storyline is very confusing. McBain should have left the satirical humor to Carl Hiaasen. "

" Not as fun as the 87th Precinct series. I think I borrowed this from the library, didn't finish it, then saw it at a used-book store and bought it, forgetting that I had read and abandoned it. "

" Except for a couple of inexcusable coincidences, A fun and readable book. "

" Not one of McBain's better efforts. Plot and characters are convoluted at best, and the storyline is very confusing. McBain should have left the satirical humor to Carl Hiaasen. "

" This book is out of ordinary. Plot is intriguing, action is non-stopping. There are some cliches, but you just might ignore them. End is a little bit out of the book's style, but still, it did not spoil the whole book experience. "

" Not as fun as the 87th Precinct series. I think I borrowed this from the library, didn't finish it, then saw it at a used-book store and bought it, forgetting that I had read and abandoned it. "

" Funny in an weird sort of way. Not an 87th Precinct novel "

" E-book. A little too unrealistic murder mystery, plus the author goes on and on with some of his descriptions - so much so that I start thinking about something else, waiting for him to get past that point. "

" The first and only McBain book that I have read. I read it because I was told how very funny Ed McBain's books are. I didn't find this one particularly funny and I guessed 'whodunit'. "

" Very amusing with wonderful twists of plot. Just when you think the protagonist will figure it out...wham! McBain turns the plot again! "

" Not one of McBain's better efforts. Plot and characters are convoluted at best, and the storyline is very confusing. McBain should have left the satirical humor to Carl Hiaasen. "

" The first and only McBain book that I have read. I read it because I was told how very funny Ed McBain's books are. I didn't find this one particularly funny and I guessed 'whodunit'. "

" Very amusing with wonderful twists of plot. Just when you think the protagonist will figure it out...wham! McBain turns the plot again! "

" Early McBain doing a fair imitation of Mickey Spillane. "

" I had never read McBain. This was so much better than I had anticipated. Crackling good dialog. "

" &quot;She poured three inches of straight bourbon over the ice in her glass. 'Here's to murderers,' she said, 'the goddam world is full of them.'&quot; <br/> <br/>Brief, entertaining noir from 1958. I guessed whodunnit, but that's OK. "

" Except for a couple of inexcusable coincidences, A fun and readable book. "

" This was a pretty lame hard boiled crime novel. I had the mystery figured out with more than half the book left to go. There just wasn't enough misdirection to fool me. "

" Typical early McBain, taut and terse. A drunk private eye saves the day and solves the crime. Originally published as I'm Cannon - For Hire under the psuedonym Curt Cannon. This is the second Hard Case Crime books I've read and they both were great fun. <br/> "

" Definitely 3 stars. I might have given it higher marks if I didn't have it all figured out so early. It was just a little to simple &amp; obvious. Well done, though. Likable characters, believable motives &amp; setting. Very well setup &amp; played out. "

" Interesting to read an old-style detective yarn. "

" A little racy, nothing amazing, but lots of fun. Pretty much exactly what you'd expect from the cover. Really short, good for a plane ride. "

" starts off as a hardboil'd crime novel, quickly reveals it self a slightly better than average novel of plot twists. once the chandler formula of 'females as antagonist' becomes clear, the plot twists just become a bit annoying. an easy sunday read though. not bad, all considered. "

" Great, straightforward midcentury detective story by genius McBain. Great example of the genre, fast-moving and readable. "

" The first and only McBain book that I have read. I read it because I was told how very funny Ed McBain's books are. I didn't find this one particularly funny and I guessed 'whodunit'. "

" Funny in an weird sort of way. Not an 87th Precinct novel "

" Fun pulp book. I am a HUGE fan of the Hard Case Crime series! "

" This one is pretty decent, but there are a ton of better Ed McBain books out there. I absolutely love the scenes that take place in the jazz hole, very cool. "