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Death in the Steel City (Carroll Dorsey Mystery)

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Very gripping book. I couldn't put it down, and had to order all the others this guy wrote. My husband grew up in the exact area Lipinski writes about. I love to go there and visit. Lipinski's gift is that he hardly has to use any words to create colorful, strong stories. He has a steel-trap detective brain with the soul of a musician or artist. Probably would have been a first-rate criminal. The people and places are REAL - you see them walking around, and you KNOW them. The old woman was my mother-in-law. The guy dropping dead on the way home from the mill was probably our uncle that dropped dead at the slaughter-house, laughing at a joke during his coffee break. Even if you think you can second-guess the outcome, you are in for a real ride.

Thomas Lipinski has done for Pittsburgh what Les Roberts' Milan Jacovich series did for Cleveland: namely, put PI procedurals squarely in the middle of real, rust belt locales. "Death in the Steel City" adds a shot of Janwillem van de Wetering to the mix, as PI Dorsey ruminates on the ways of life and death, fathers and sons, and the polarities of race, creed, gender, and generations. Underneath it all is story good enough to keep fans of the genre turning pages and detail rich enough to keep expatriate Pittsburghers (like this reviewer) looking homeward. If you haven't discovered Lipinski and Dorsey, this is a good place to begin.

Great story as the plot was tight and nicely tied together at the end. Looking forward to the other's my Mr. Lipinski.