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Title: The Day the Music Died: A Mystery (Thorndike Large Print Mystery Series) by Edward Gorman ISBN: 0-7862-2032-5 Publisher: Thorndike Pr (Largeprint) Pub. Date: October, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.62 (13 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Pick a date, any date . . .
Comment: I almost put this book down after the first page. How much can you expect from a story built around a famous event when neither the writer nor the editors have bothered to learn when it happened? On the off chance that the author was playing with time for some surreal purpose yet to be revealed I kept reading. No surrealism here - just a straightforward mystery yarn, notable for its humor, interesting characters and very successful evocation of the "late fifties." I'm glad I read it, and that's disturbing because sloppy editing almost scared me away. Dare we hope for a sequel - "The Day Camelot Died, Nov. 22, 1962"?
Rating: 3
Summary: Nice storytelling, but what about copyediting?
Comment: As many have pointed out, the date that Buddy Holly died is wrong, and song lyrics are misquoted. There are other copyediting errors as well. We are told that the Judge's grandfather was shipped out to Iowa after disgracing the family back east. But later it becomes the judge's greatgreatfather. There are other such minor gaffes. But far worse, especially for a novel in this genre, the hero solves the mystery with the help of a verbal clue referring to something a character said earlier. But I went back and reread that passage several times and the key line was never said! For a mystery such an error is disgraceful. Didn't anybody read this book before it went to press? All that aside, this is a minor but reasonably entertaining effort, with a nice breezy style and a likeable protagonist. There is little real suspense, however, and the author seems far more interested in depicting the late '50s small town Iowa setting than in building a creditable mystery. The "solution" to the crime seems tacked on and half-hearted.
Rating: 5
Summary: A lucky Find.
Comment: I found this one on the unwanted books rack at my local Gym. Never had heard of Ed Gorman before (turns out hes pretty prolific!) but this is a great 1st novel in this new series which takes place in the late 50s. I loved the plot, the characters, and the setting (midwest 'natch!)- I await my other books in the series!
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Title: Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? by Ed Gorman, Edward Gorman ISBN: 0425187160 Publisher: Prime Crime Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Everybody's Somebody's Fool: A Sam McCain Mystery by Edward Gorman ISBN: 0786711140 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub. Date: 23 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Save The Last Dance For Me: A Sam McCain Mystery by Ed Gorman ISBN: 0373264615 Publisher: Harlequin Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Blue Blood : A Debutante Dropout Mystery by Susan McBride ISBN: 0060563893 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 27 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Mystic River by Dennis Lehane ISBN: 0380731851 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 02 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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