Cracker: One Day a Lemming Will Fly [Hardcover]

Liz Holliday (Author), Jimmy McGovern (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1998

Third in a series of captivating novels based on A&E's Edgar Award-winning "Cracker" series, starring Robbie Coltrane. Dr. Edward Fitzgerald (Fitz) is an ingenious psychologist who freelances his services for the police. In his latest outing, Fitz must shelve his personal problems when a young boy is found murdered--and all signs point to his English teacher as the killer .

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Praise for Cracker:

"Fitz is a genius on the job." --The New York Times

"The most interesting detective since Jane Tennison in Prime Suspect." --New York magazine

"Allow me to make a suggestion. Try CRACKER, the escapades of brilliant but compulsive criminal psychologist Eddie Fitzgerald." --People --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 259 pages
• Publisher: St Martins Pr (January 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312180721
• ISBN-13: 978-0312180720
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,073,840 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good stuff, June 2, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Cracker: One Day a Lemming Will Fly (Hardcover)

Very intriguing book. A bit long at times; somewhat predictable at other times. However, the main character, Fitz is presented as a complex and fascinating person who really makes this novel very enjoyable. I've never seen the actual television series, but the book was definitely interesting.

3.0 out of 5 stars Ho Hum, October 20, 2011

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This review is from: One Day a Lemming Will Fly (Cracker) (Mass Market Paperback)

This is well written, but the plot gets a bit wearisome at times. I am tired of the stock situation in which the police are portrayed as incompetent, sexist, distracted. prejudiced, etc. while an outsider, a fat wise-guy with poor personal habits, but a good line in patter, stands on the sidelines exuding charisma until (guess what) he solves everything. In this particular case, I was left wishing he'd done it about a hundred pages earlier

Did I mention that beautiful women find the fat guy irrestible?

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Series of Novelizations That Improve on the Source, November 9, 2001

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mintonmedia "writer/producer/opinionated jerk" (Beverly Hills, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cracker: One Day a Lemming Will Fly (Hardcover)

I HATE novelizations. But these done for the great British TV mystery series starring Robbie Coltrane actually improve upon the teleplays, adding rich details and psychological insight to the already intense plots. These books could easily stand alone as a great series of psychological crime novels, unified in tone despite the fact that half a dozen different authors have been involved in their creation. Leave it to the Brits to once again do the impossible. First The Battle of Britain, now this...