Served Cold [Paperback]

Ed Goldberg (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 1997

Hired to prevent an aging Jewish Holocaust survivor from killing his former prison camp guard, Jewish detective Lenny Schneider finds himself drawn into a madcap scheme masterminded by a group of senior citizens. Reprint."

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Every line is a pip of a quip-deadpan one-line zingers and truly literate insults."--Waterville, ME, Sunday Sentinel "Writer Ed Goldberg can lob a hard-boiled phrase with the deftness of any Raymond Chandler on the block...[Lenny Schneider has] a great sense of humor, ranging from openly bawdy to wisely ironic, all of it delivered in the clipped, blunt style that works so well with urban fiction...taut and compelling."--Arizona Jewish Post --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Berkley (August 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425159434
• ISBN-13: 978-0425159439
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,442,462 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just read about Lenny, March 24, 2007

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Linda L. Lamme - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Served Cold (West Coast Crime) (Paperback)

If you have ever walked on the streets of New York City, if you are Jewish, if you appreciate wicked wit, or if quirky language turns you on, Served Cold, a Lenny Schneider Mystery by Ed Goldberg is for you. I never stopped laughing. I reread phrases over and over again in awe of the clever way they were written. Lenny grows on you. Paying the rent is hard, but Lenny has other, more important priorities. He is loyal to his friends, a fascinating set of people, and he loves New York food. The guy is bright and extremely funny. He is out to find a Holocaust prison guard for his Uncle Sol, a Holocaust survivor, who has a thirst for revenge. But mostly the book is about Lenny, a gem of a character, who leads a somewhat self-indulgent life, serving others. I could not put the book down and now I want to return to New York, just to experience the street culture once again.

Linda Leonard Lamme

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Humor, December 27, 1999

By 

John Cox - See all my reviews

This review is from: Served Cold (Paperback)

Lenny Schneider, the Hebrew Gumshoe, is hilarious and so are his friends. This book was a joy to read. The only reservation I had about Served Cold was the amount of names that you had to keep straight by the end of the book. Otherwise it was very entertaining and exciting. The humor is the strongest point of this book as well as insights to the Jewish culture. As a Christian, I found the book very interesting from a cultural point of view. Funny, interesting and complex, I am looking forward to many more books by Ed Goldberg.