One Day a Lemming Will Fly (Cracker) [Mass Market Paperback]

Jimmy McGovern (Author), Liz Holliday (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1999 | Series: Cracker

Fitz is furious with his wife; annoyed by his dropout son; attracted to his sometime partner at the copshop, Jane Panhaligon; and troubled by a new case: a missing youth has turned up dead. Fitz, a freelance police psychologist, is a genius at cross-questioning witnesses and suspects alike, looking into their very souls and learning truths that they never even knew about themselves. He's always on the mark--unless his own vices and addictions trip him up. But this is no time for mistakes: a ruthless killer is on the prowl and he grows more elusive with each tick of the clock.

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

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press (January 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312968175
• ISBN-13: 978-0312968175
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #425,927 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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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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Vital Spark (Or, USA) - See all my reviews
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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...