This crime thriller from the author of "Floater" takes the reader on an entertaining tour of New York City's sleazier side. It centres around Russian-born Kate Piro, who has no difficulty attracting men, but soon finds that they are about to lead her into some complicated trouble.
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"Mr. Koenig has brought together as unsavory a bunch of double-dealers as you will ever encounter. And tense as the action is, there is also a leavening of humor. A superior piece of work . . . a highly readable, beautifully written book.
The New York Times Book Review
"A fine, often comic, and entirely original crime novel."
Washington Post Book World
"In this second crime thriller [Koenig] finds his own voice, and a vibrant heroine to embody it . . . a gutsy Alice lost amidst the cons and thugs of Gotham's meanstreeted Wonderland. . . an engrossing novel that slickly mixes thrills, humor, and romance . . . dandy entertainment.
Kirkus Reviews
"Koenig creates crisp, wisecracking dialogue . . . and manages to write about his living-centerfold heroine as though she were real.
Playboy
"Down-dirty fun."
Publishers Weekly
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Here is a tough, sexy, brilliant new crime thriller by the author of Floater that takes the reader on a highly entertaining tour of New York City's sleazier side.
Kate Piro was born in Odessa, Russia, but now lives in Brighton Beach, a neighborhood so heavily Russian that its residents call it "Little Odessa. Kate calls herself "Little Odessa" as well when she works the floor show at the Arabian Knights as a belly dancer with more curves than talent. Kate has no trouble attracting men, but they're about to get her into some complicated trouble. Her pot-smoking and -dealing boyfriend Nathan Metrevelli is a dropout from the American dream. Former New York City detective Stanley Bucyk is always a bit too eager to help Kate out of a jam. The shadowy Israeli restaurant owner Howard Ormont (a.k.a. Abu Safwat Khader) wants her to be his business partner--and his bed partner. And the slimily charming housebreaker Harry Lema at first drops by to rob Ormont's house, and then can't seem to tear himself away from either the scene of the crime or from Kate. He ends up being her only ally in the midst of dangerous games of bluff and double cross being played around Kate--a well-stacked pawn.
Little Odessa is a gritty novel with all the right moves--sharp, realistic dialogue, extensive inside knowledge of New York's shadier pursuits, and unfashionable neighborhoods, a delightfully tricky plot in which the good guys and bad guys constantly switch places, a violent climax aboard a Coney Island roller coaster. It confirms its author as one of the very best new American crime writers.
Kate Piro was born in Odessa, Russia, but now lives in Brighton Beach, a neighborhood so heavily Russian that its residents call it "Little Odessa. Kate calls herself "Little Odessa" as well when she works the floor show at the Arabian Knights as a belly dancer with more curves than talent. Kate has no trouble attracting men, but they're about to get her into some complicated trouble. Her pot-smoking and -dealing boyfriend Nathan Metrevelli is a dropout from the American dream. Former New York City detective Stanley Bucyk is always a bit too eager to help Kate out of a jam. The shadowy Israeli restaurant owner Howard Ormont (a.k.a. Abu Safwat Khader) wants her to be his business partner--and his bed partner. And the slimily charming housebreaker Harry Lema at first drops by to rob Ormont's house, and then can't seem to tear himself away from either the scene of the crime or from Kate. He ends up being her only ally in the midst of dangerous games of bluff and double cross being played around Kate--a well-stacked pawn.
Little Odessa is a gritty novel with all the right moves--sharp, realistic dialogue, extensive inside knowledge of New York's shadier pursuits, and unfashionable neighborhoods, a delightfully tricky plot in which the good guys and bad guys constantly switch places, a violent climax aboard a Coney Island roller coaster. It confirms its author as one of the very best new American crime writers.
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