In the Last Analysis (Paperback)

by Amanda Cross (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review
KATE FANSLER IS "AN AMATEUR DETECTIVE IN THE FINEST TRADITION."
--The New York Times

"YOU'LL BE ENTERTAINED RIGHT UP TO THE TIME YOU FIND OUT WHO MADE THE FREUDIAN SLIP."
--Buffalo Evening News

"YOU'LL LOVE IT ALL AND BEG FOR MORE."
--Saturday Review -- Review --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

Review
KATE FANSLER IS "AN AMATEUR DETECTIVE IN THE FINEST TRADITION."
--The New York Times

"YOU'LL BE ENTERTAINED RIGHT UP TO THE TIME YOU FIND OUT WHO MADE THE FREUDIAN SLIP."
--Buffalo Evening News

"YOU'LL LOVE IT ALL AND BEG FOR MORE."
--Saturday Review --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Avon Books (Mm); First Edition edition (December 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380545101
• ISBN-13: 978-0380545100
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,989,928 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Definitely not the best Kate Fansler novel, January 31, 2001

By	Moe811 (New York USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

This review is from: In the Last Analysis (Kate Fansler Novels) (Mass Market Paperback)

This novel is entertaining, but has a great many flaws. It is supposed to be the first Fansler novel, yet none of the characters are properly introduced. Kate's final analysis of the murder is tenuous and based on nothing. There is no way an ADA and a uniformed police officer can just go to a doctor's office and get him to show them his spinal fusion scars. I am glad the series has immproved since then.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not the best of the Kate Fansler series..., January 10, 2001

By	Judith Lindenau "dulcie22" (Traverse City, MI USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: In the Last Analysis (Kate Fansler Novels) (Mass Market Paperback)

Usually I like Kate Fansler: she's an intelligent, logical woman whose wit and academic background add much to a mystery novel. But even Kate's character couldn't transcend this dullish plot and improbable ending (I mean, after all, how do you get a man you have only met a couple of times to take off his clothes and show you the scar on his spine?). And to base the conclusion of a novel on that artifice is neither believable or satisfying in a logical sense.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars ::Yawn::, May 20, 2000

By	Christina P. Branson "killer_b_books" (Farmington) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: In the Last Analysis (Hardcover)

This is the first book in the highly acclaimed Kate Fansler series. Maybe you just had to be part of the '60s intelligentsia to appreciate this book, but I thought it was boring and pretentious. I was also extremely disappointed with the last-minute solution that the sleuth just seemed to pull out of thin air.