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Deep and Crisp and Even

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Peter Turnbull introduces the men of P division for the first time.

This is a "police procedural" as I understand the category. I think this means the cops are the good guys, and since the cops usually are such in real life, it is appropriate that there be books which show police work as it probably is. This book is laid in Glasgow, Scotland, and there is some terminology that is odd to a provincialist such as myself, but that does not detract from the story. I seldom read this type book, but I liked it. I no doubt have read other police procedurals, but the one that comes to mind is Ice, by Ed McBain, read by me on April 2, 1995, when I was doing a list which appeared in Newsweek in 1986 listing the ten favorite crime novels (of David Lehman) of the 20th century, and this book I thought was more enjoyable than Ice. Incidentally, the other novels on that 10 best list were: The Hound of the Baskervilles (read by me about 1942);The Man Who Was Thursday (read Apr 20, 1952); The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (read 21 Feb 1995); The Maltese Falcon (read 3 Mar 1995); The Big Sleep (read 21 Apr 1995); A Coffin for Dimitrios (read 17 May 1995); The Big Clock (read 4 June 1995); The Chill (read 17 Sept 1997); Ice (see above); and Glitz (read 28 May 1995).