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Title: Death of the Detective by Mark Smith ISBN: 0-380-00549-2 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: March, 1982 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $3.50

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Please reissue this book!
Comment: My first read of this book must have been ten years ago. I have reread it five times since, enjoying it more and more with each read.I agree with others that this is a masterpiece demanding to be reissued and garner the awards it deserves. The characters, especially Maggie, are rich, multi-faceted, and extremely memorable. I have stayed up with this book reading until the wee hours many a night. I only regret that the story ends and Maggie dies. I keep this book with five other favorite books of all time and reread it once a year. I also regret that this book is almost impossible to find in bookstores. Why this is the case I'll never understand.

Rating: 5
Summary: Perhaps the finest detective novel ever written.
Comment: This brilliant book was apparently missed by the majority of english speaking readers. It is a masterpiece of the genre and provides many firsts including the concept of "profiling". The quality of the character development and the descriptive prose are amazing and I find it hard to believe that this book did not receive several awards. I read it for the first time 15 years ago and think of passages from it to this day. Few books have had this impact on me. For those who are able to find what is now apparently a rare book, I recommend it highly.

Rating: 5
Summary: This is a psychological masterpiece.
Comment: I am simply shocked that this novel, which is perhaps the best piece of American fiction I have ever read, is out of stock. It draws a far more realistic and detailed portrait of the "hard boiled detective" that so many other writers have simply slapped together, then lets us watch, with first fascination, then horror, as he slowly unravels. Even the minor characters are better drawn then they would be in a trilogy all their own, and the entire work shimmers with energy and power. This is a book that demands republishing.

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