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Transgressions

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I owe double apologies to the departed Ed McBain/Evan Hunter. First of all, I wasn't even aware of "Transgressions" in hardcover. I was absolutely bowled over when I saw the first paperback volume in the market.

This particular volume is my favorite of the four paperbacks. There is a nice Dortmunder novella by Mr. Westlake, and, not to spoil it, but Mr. D. and his sidekick Andy Kelp actually triumph in the end.

Walter Mosley, of Easy Rawlins and Socrates Fortlow fame, turns in a non (maybe just not yet) series tale with a journalism student from Columbia U. becoming the 'scribe' for an 'anarchist at large.' If you like Mosley's previous work, you must not miss this one.

My second apology to Ed McBain goes like this: I was not impressed with his contribution to the group. The 87th Precinct tale is quite ordinary, and, to the cynical and pessimistic among us, no mystery at all. I found it blah and routine. Sorry, Ed, I wanted to like it. If this was the only 87th Precinct story you read, you would wonder what all the praise was for.

Westlake and Mosley fans, please do not pass this one by!

ALL AUTHORS, WROTE NEW NOVELLA STORY TITLES DATED 2005, FILLED WITH SUSPENSE, GOOD CHARACTERS AND NEAT PLOTS.

MY FAVORITE WAS TITLED (MERELY HATE) BY ED MCBAIN, ABOUT MUSLIM CAB DRIVERS BEING SHOT DEAD, AND THE STAR OF DAVID SPRAYED ON THIER WINDSHIELDS, CAUSING TENSIONS IN THE PUBLIC AND STIRRED BY THE MEDIA.