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Title: The Detective is Dead: A Harpur & Iles Mystery by Bill James ISBN: 0-393-05019-X Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: February, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Thin Line between cop and criminal--excellent
Comment: In THE DETECTIVE IS DEAD, Bill James writes again of the thinline between cop and criminal. When a judge lets two killers walkfree, Ives decides the police need to take matters into his ownhands. The results aren't pretty although they are occasionallyhysterically funny and always disturbing.
Mark Lane, the chief, isnoble, believes in doing right, and is a figure of fun for his deputyIves. The criminals believe Ives is dirty--that he is making moneyfrom the very drug lords they are seeking to become--and the reader isnever quite sure if they are right. Harpur is more practical,interested in solving crimes and locking up criminals but lackingeither Lane's nobility or Ives' brutal thrust.
This is policeprocedural with a twist. There is never any doubt about thecriminal--there are plenty of those and much of the story is told fromtheir point of view. Some of them will succeed in their dreams ofbecoming the next drug lord, others will fall. Ives knows he can'tarrest them all and so, by default, becomes something of akingmaker. Watching him work, interact with Lane, Harpur, and thecriminals, makes the novel fascinating.
Each of the Harpur and Ivesmysteries can be read independently without losing much although theydo form a continuous and enjoyable series.
Rating: 5
Summary: Vintage Bill James
Comment: A police procedural from the master of the genre. Hard edged narrative, terse dialogue. Bleak, cynical plot and characters expressed in an almost poetic style. The story is compelling and the characters unforgettable.
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Title: Lolita Man by Bill James ISBN: 039331782X Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: July, 1998 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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Title: Kill Me: A Harpur & Iles Mystery by Bill James ISBN: 0393321665 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: June, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: In Good Hands: A Harpur & Iles Mystery by Bill James ISBN: 0393322459 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: February, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Lovely Mover: A Harpur & Iles Mystery by Bill James ISBN: 0393320340 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: August, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Eton Crop: A Harpur & Iles Mystery by Bill James ISBN: 0393320987 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: November, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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