Goldilocks (Mass Market Paperback)

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Product Description

When a mother and her two little girls are brutally murdered on Florida's steamy west coast, soft-hearted attorney Matthew Hope decides to defend the only person confessing to the crime, the only person without a motive. Reprint.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (September 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446603058
• ISBN-13: 978-0446603058
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,009,942 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lies, Lies, Lies, September 25, 2000

By	Larry Eischen (Joliet, IL United States) - See all my reviews

Goldilocks is a tale of adultery and murder. And everbody in the book seems to be lying. When Maureen Purchase and her daughters are found savagely murdered, her husband's alibi doesn't check out. Playing cards? At A bar? Telling his lover he was going to leave his wife? His 1st wife is glad the 2nd is dead, his son is claiming credit for the murders and his lover claims to not know him. When his lawyer, Matthew Hope tries to get to the bottom of things, he can't tell the lies from the alibis and indeed Matthew Hope is lying to himself, as he promises HIS lover that he will leave HIS wife. All of this makes a compelling mystery and as delivered by Ed McBain, it is a great start to another series from the master of the police procedural.

3.0 out of 5 stars The other woman, September 26, 2007

By	Kris (Norwich, CT USA) - See all my reviews

This book started out the Matthew Hope series. My mom recommended this series to me because we tend to like the same style writing and she raves about Ed Mcbain. This book was ok. It was about two different situations tied together in which both men were cheating on their spouses. It had a couple surprises here and there. It was a pretty quick read and I am hoping the second book is a little more interesting. I still liked the story it just didn't have that "thing" about it.

4.0 out of 5 stars Early Hope, April 6, 2006

By	John P. Glynn - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Goldilocks (Paperback)

If you are lucky enough to find a copy of this read it. Much better than the usual Matthew Hope stuff. The characters feel tremendous pain, including Hope, and McBain is good enough to transmit it without ever being "novelistic" about it. Up to the best of the 87th precinct stuff.