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Murder in Greenwich Village: A Manhattan Mystery (Manhattan Mysteries)

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What can I say? I picked this book up and didn't want to put it down until the very last page!! This third volume in the Jane Bauer series is a terrific police procedural while giving us further insight into our heroine. Not only did I find the story line suspenseful, but greatly appreciated the fact that Ms. Harris left no threads dangling by completing, down to the last character, the cold case that Jane's squad was working. (I have found too many "best-selling authors" ignoring their very own people and plots and appear to be in a rush to the end-NOT IN THIS BOOK).

Jane's loving relationship with Hack receives the exact amount of attention without going overboard (JMHO) and now they have moved to a place where the "moralists" out there will be happier (maybe?). Personally, until I read the prior reviews, I never gave it a thought.

Again, I must thank Ms. Harris for a terrific read and am looking forward to number 4 in this series!!! Susan

I really enjoyed this third book in the Manhattan Mystery series, but then I have always enjoyed Lee Harris's books (admitably some more than others)
I felt that Detective Jane Bauer's relationship with her team has evolved more with each book, this time Sean MacHovec redeemed himself with his Online research and seemed to be less of a sleeze.
In this book there is more background to Jane's longterm romance and Jane's hesitation in committing to Hack. I certainly can't wait for the next episode to see where this leads.

I am sorry to see this series end (Manhattan Mysteries) with only 3 books. This time out Jane Bauer and her Cold Case team are trying to solve the ten-year old case of the murder of an Undercover Policeman. Involved, too, is the theft of Berettas from an armory. This is an exciting book with lots of twists and turns but enjoyable to the end.

I THOUGHT THIS BOOK WAS THE BEST OF THE SERIES. IT WAS EXCITING, SUSPENSEFUL, AND PLAIN FUN. I DIDN'T FIND IT CONFUSING AT ALL (MUST READ SERIES IN ORDER) AND I DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH JANE'S LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP WITH HER MARRIED BOYFRIEND. IF I FROZE MY HUSBAND OUT, I WOULDN'T BLAME HIM FOR TRYING TO GET WARM SOMEWHERE ELSE. YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR, SO-TO-SPEAK. HACK HAS REPEATEDLY ASKED JANE TO MARRY HIM AND SHE'S THE ONE WITH COLD FEET. HE DID DO THE RIGHT THING IN THE END THOUGH FOR EVERYONE CONCERNED. THE PERSONALITIES IN THIS BOOK ARE MORE HUMAN THAN FLUFFY MAKE-BELIEVE. THAT'S WHY IT'S A GREAT SERIES.

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I really enjoy this series, but I found this installment very difficult to follow. Perhaps it's because, for a cold case, there were an awful lot of characters, and it was hard to keep them all straight. Even by the end of the book, I wasn't sure who some of the major players were.

I also really wish the author would allow Jane to dump Hack or, better yet, kill him off. Running around for 10 years with a married man behind his wife's back, sneaking off to Paris, making phone calls on a phone card, etc. all make an otherwise strong character look stupid and weak. Hack is an annoyance who adds nothing to the stories, so I'm sure I'd enjoy this series much more, and be able to rate it much higher, if he was no longer around.