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Title: Totally Dead: A Streeter Mystery by Michael Stone ISBN: 0140285989 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 03 April, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.67
Rating: 4
Summary: Good reading for a rainy day
Comment: This is a macho detective story written as pulp fiction rather than great literature. As other reviewers have noted, you have to ignore PR blurbs on the backs of novels or elsewhere. Streeter's football experience was in college. After other employment, he started work for a bail bondsman, then expanded into investigative work. He uses public records and a cell phone, but also wears down shoe leather in the traditional manner.
A businessman who owns a couple of pizza parlors and a catering business hires Streeter when he feels he is in danger from a group trying to buy one of his properties as part of a proposed development. The plot thickens as various operators try to make money by fair means or foul. Many of the criminal element are not overly bright. Streeter is joined by a new woman associate who knows how to wiggle her bottom to extract information from men whose egos are bigger than their brains.
Overall, it is an interesting tale with various subplots. Streeter only shoots as a last resort (not really a make-my-day type), and has little luck with women (he does not end up in bed). There is some unexpected justice as people are hoisted on their own petards, and some people find out who their friends are.
Rating: 3
Summary: Totally Average
Comment: I was extremely disappointed by this book. I wanted to like it so much and I had read one of the reviews of this book by someone who appears to be as much a fan of Harlan Coben's mysteries as I am so I picked it up first chance I got. This book had tremendous potential but I don't feel it delivered. Here are my two big problems. 1) The main character, Streeter - I don't think he was that well developed in the book. The previous books may have given some insight into him, but I felt like he was more of a supporting character. In that I didn't find him interesting enough to warrant me purchasing another book by Stone.
2. The description on the back of the book. If you read the back of the paperback you'll get a different impression of the story than what you'll find inside. Two of the items it plays on are Streeter, which I mentioned hardly seems to be that well detailed, and Streeter's client's steamy daughter (who is barely in the book). What it amounts to, is that I feel the book falsely advertised itself. I think we all take the reviews that are shown on the cover of a book like "A Masterpiece ..." with a grain of salt, but I take what the overall description of the book to be a statement of fact and not a polished spin on the story. If the book had described itself as is, it probably would have amounted to more in my eyes.
What does this all mean? It means if you don't have high expectations you might enjoy this book. However, if you are looking for a top notch story or character, you should probably try Robert Parker's Spenser books instead
Rating: 1
Summary: Totally Stupid
Comment: I hate to disagree with the other reviewers, but I found the book a big disappointment. The main character, Streeter, is almost one dimensional, the dialogue is a string of cliches, and the rest of the characters are intellectually limited and hopelessly predictable. My impression was that Streeter wasn't "tough", he was just too slow to know what he was up against. Perhaps the other books in the series are better, but this example guarantees that I won't bother to find out.
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Title: Token of Remorse: A Streeter Mystery (Stone's Streeter Series , Vol 3) by Michael Stone ISBN: 0140275460 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: February, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Last Detective by Robert Crais ISBN: 0385504268 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 18 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: A Long Reach: A Streeter Mystery by Michael Stone ISBN: 0140247033 Publisher: Penguin USA (Mm) Pub. Date: February, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Low End of Nowhere: A Streeter Mystery by Michael Stone ISBN: 0140246940 Publisher: Penguin USA (Mm) Pub. Date: February, 1997 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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