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- Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books (2001)
- ASIN: B000OTF912
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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This review is from: Tender is Levine (Jack Levine Mysteries) (Hardcover)
In 1950 Midtown Manhattan, NBC Symphony second violin Fritz Stern visits private investigator Jack LeVine. Fritz, who has been with the symphony for over a decade, firmly believes that someone kidnapped the renowned conductor Arturo Toscanini. Stern bases his assessment on the fact that the great conductor could not remember the evening's program when the symphony performed for President and Mrs. Truman. Still a paying client is a client so Jack accepts the case.Stern tells Jack to start with the nasty Sidney Aaron, NBC vice president for Special Programming. Following that meeting, Jack concludes something is not right at NBC. However, things turn ugly when someone kills Stern. Jack stays with the case, which takes him to Cuba and the Mafia, but not any closer to learning the truth even with his life now on the line. TENDER IS LeVINE is a fabulous historical mystery that works because Andrew Bergman makes 1950 seem so real that it in turn anchors the mystery and Jack. The story line is fast-paced and the investigation is fun to watch, but this tale belongs to the period as history has never unfolded any better than this superb detective tale. Harriet Klausner
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Fritz Stern was a small man with gray eyes, gray hair, and the nervous attentiveness of a refugee who had never stopped escaping. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Sidney Aaron, Boston Blackie, Salt Lake, Barbara Stern, Las Vegas, Fritz Stern, Desert Inn, Hilde Stern, Jesus Christ, Lucky Luciano, Sun Valley, Arturo Toscanini, Villa Pauline, American Air, Vaughn Monroe, Joey Blinks, Meyer Lansky, Daily News, Dorothy Washington, Hoosier Aviation, Miss Stern, Toots Fellman, Buddy Barrow, General Sarnoff New!
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Fritz Stern was a small man with gray eyes, gray hair, and the nervous attentiveness of a refugee who had never stopped escaping. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Sidney Aaron, Boston Blackie, Salt Lake, Barbara Stern, Las Vegas, Fritz Stern, Desert Inn, Hilde Stern, Jesus Christ, Lucky Luciano, Sun Valley, Arturo Toscanini, Villa Pauline, American Air, Vaughn Monroe, Joey Blinks, Meyer Lansky, Daily News, Dorothy Washington, Hoosier Aviation, Miss Stern, Toots Fellman, Buddy Barrow, General Sarnoff New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | First Pages | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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This book cites 4
books:
- The Luciano Story by Sid Feder in Front Matter
- The Civil War by Gina De Angelis on page 159
- This Was Toscanini by Samuel Antek in Front Matter
- Understanding Toscanini by Joseph Horowitz in Front Matter
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