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Concourse: A Bill Smith-Lydia Chin Mystery (Bill Smith/Lydia Chin Novels) (Mass Market Paperback)
by S. J. Rozan (Author) "At Mike Downey's wake the coffin was closed..." (more)
Key Phrases: tiger kitten, Helping Hands, Henry Howe, Bronx Home (more...)
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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Rozan nails down the promise of China Trade, her debut and the introduction of memorable New York City PIs Bill Smith and Lydia Chin. Here, Smith goes undercover for his mentor Bobby Moran, who now runs a security firm. One of Moran's young employees has been brutally murdered-kicked to death by an expert in martial arts-while on the job at the Bronx Home for the Aged in an elegant old building on the no longer elegant Grand Concourse. Although the murder carries trademarks of the work of the Cobras, a powerful gang, Smith, posing as a Moran employee, investigates the premises and staff of the Home. Quickly, another member of the security staff is similarly killed; later, a member of the Home's staff is fatally shot in someone else's tossed apartment. Smith runs afoul of the Cobras while defending another Home employee, but his probings suggest that even more powerful villains are at work in philanthropic and political circles of the Bronx. Rozan's dense, credible plot cuts through all circles of its urban hell and is resolved with drama and realistic ambiguity. Her major characters-the classical piano-playing Smith who's in love with the independent, Asian-American Chin-and the minor cast, from dimensionally portrayed gang members to delicately drawn Home residents, leave a lasting impression. Rozan brings a distinctive, commanding voice to the genre.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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When Private Investigator Bill Smith is hired to investigate a murder at an old-age home in the Bronx, he asks fellow Private Investigator Lydia Chin to help out. Murders and other violence follow; we are soon enmeshed in the nefarious doings of a neighborhood gang, Bronx politicos and the agency that runs the home. It's drama that doesn't translate in this audio version. Reader Sky Vogel's young voice sounds too perky to be a 40-something, frequently beat-up private investigator. He gives the gang members identically singsong falsettos. And on occasion, there is something vaguely Asian in the whispery Lydia Chin; more often, there is not. R.E.K. (c) AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

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Product Details
  • Mass Market Paperback: 291 pages
  • Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks; Reprint edition (September 15, 1996)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0312959443
  • ISBN-13: 978-0312959449
  • Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars 16 customer reviews (16 customer reviews)
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Inside This Book (learn more)
First Sentence:
At Mike Downey's wake the coffin was closed. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
tiger kitten
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Helping Hands, Henry Howe, Bronx Home, Mike Downey, Andy Hill, Ida Goldstein, Martin Carter, Eddie Shawn, Margaret O'Connor, Arthur Chaiken, Bobby Moran, Wells Fargo, Bill Smith, Borough President, Pete Portelli, Samaritan Hospital, Hank Lindfors, New Jersey, Amy Isham, Leon Vega, Moran Security, Sheila Downey, Enna Carter, Lieutenant Robinson, Captain Maguire
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