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Lieberman's Day (The Abe Lieberman Mysteries Book 3) by [Stuart M. Kaminsky]

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Book 3 of 9: The Abe Lieberman Mysteries

A Chicago cop is out to avenge his nephew’s murder in this “masterly creation” that puts the Edgar Award–winning author in “the Parker/Paretsky league” (Chicago Tribune).

When you’re a sixty-two-year-old cop with bad knees, most days feel pretty long. But the longest day of Abe Lieberman’s life begins just after midnight when he learns his nephew David has been shot dead and David’s pregnant wife has been gravely injured by two gunmen trying to rob the couple. Now Carol is barely clinging to life, and it’s up to Lieberman to track down the killers.

With the help of his partner, the troubled alcoholic Bill Hanrahan, Lieberman will turn the city upside down to find the men who stole his nephew’s bright future. But as they step out into the howling Chicago wind, it’s clear both partners will need to fight to survive the day that started out terrible and is about to get a lot worse.

This day in the life of two veteran Chicago cops is “beautifully rendered . . . Kaminsky is extraordinarily attuned to the domestic minutiae of his detectives’ lives” (The New York Times Book Review).

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MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
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January 29, 2013
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Editorial Reviews

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“Kaminksy’s books just keep getting better. . . . An outstanding story.” —Booklist

“A standout performance. . . . Nobody writing today can mix taut suspense with a sense of creeping mortality as shatteringly as Kaminsky.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Beautifully rendered. . . . Kaminsky is extraordinarily attuned to the domestic minutiae of his detectives’ lives.” —Chicago Tribune

About the Author

Stuart M. Kaminsky (1934–2009) was one of the most prolific crime fiction authors of the last four decades. Born in Chicago, he spent his youth immersed in pulp fiction and classic cinema—two forms of popular entertainment which he would make his life’s work. After college and a stint in the army, Kaminsky wrote film criticism and biographies of the great actors and directors of Hollywood’s Golden Age. In 1977, when a planned biography of Charlton Heston fell through, Kaminsky wrote Bullet for a Star, his first Toby Peters novel, beginning a fiction career that would last the rest of his life.

Kaminsky penned twenty-four novels starring the detective, whom he described as “the anti-Philip Marlowe.” In 1981’s Death of a Dissident, Kaminsky debuted Moscow police detective Porfiry Rostnikov, whose stories were praised for their accurate depiction of Soviet life. His other two series starred Abe Lieberman, a hardened Chicago cop, and Lew Fonseca, a process server. In all, Kaminsky wrote more than sixty novels. He died in St. Louis in 2009.

From Publishers Weekly

Kaminsky may be best known for his Toby Peters series, most recently The Melting Clock , set in 1940's L.A., but this third outing for Chicago homicide detective Abe Lieberman (after Lieb erman's Choice ) firmly establishes the characters and setting of this present-day series as well. Lieberman's nephew, David, and David's pregnant wife are shot in a late night mugging. David dies; his wife and unborn child survive, barely. Lieberman gets the case and in the following 24 hours deals with the grief of his brother and sister-in-law, the aftereffects of the collapse of his daughter's marriage, the desperate deal he cuts with a violent drug-dealer called El Perro to catch the killers and the busting of two con artists. Lieberman's partner, Bill Hanrahan, copes with his own alcoholism, ambivalent feelings for his runaway wife, his Chinese-American lover and murderous Frankie Kraylaw, whose abused wife and son he has been sheltering. Lieberman uncovers a final nasty secret about the murder as he and Hanrahan are involved in separate violent conclusions. Kaminsky masterfully limns his colorful characters, none more finely than 62-year-old Abe: smart, weary and loving, with a sorrowful, wise appreciation for life's absurdities and gifts.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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"Beautifully rendered . . . Kaminsky is extraordinarily attuned to the domestic minutiae of his detectives' lives." The New York Times Book Review
Aging Chicago cop Abe Lieberman's day begins with a predawn phone call: his nephew, David, has been killed in a mugging, and David's wife is seriously wounded. From there it's all downhill for Lieberman, as a day of terrifying confrontations with duty and desire unfolds, shocking the cop who thought he'd seen it all with revelations he could never have foreseen, or wanted to . . . --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

From Kirkus Reviews

Abe Lieberman's sorriest day begins a few minutes after midnight, when the veteran cop's nephew David is shot dead, and David's pregnant wife Carol wounded, by a pair of clueless muggers. As Lieberman cuts deals (``We walk for the next two felonies''; ``One felony with no assault'') with his lowlife street informers to finger the perps, his partner Bill Hanrahan has problems of his own: Frankie Kraylaw, the Christ-ridden, violent husband he and Lieberman had chased out of Chicago, is back for a reunion with his wife and son--whom he's going to find living in Hanrahan's place. Before the stunning finale inside Carol's hospital room, there'll be time for the sleuthing duo to pull off a sting against a slimy pair of con artists, get inveigled into felonies of their own, and feel long years older than when the day began. When he's in the groove, nobody writing today can mix taut suspense with a sense of creeping mortality as shatteringly as Kaminsky (Lieberman's Choice, 1993, etc.). A standout performance in a fine series. -- Copyright ©1994, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

From Booklist

Kaminsky's books just keep getting better. He's a master of the rock 'em-sock 'em whodunit and a plot maestro extraordinaire. His latest describes a "routine" day in the life of aging Chicago police detective Abe Lieberman, a tough, committed cop with an ugly mug and a kind heart. With his partner, Bill Hanrahan, Lieberman faces 24 hours of cop nightmares, beginning with the brutal shooting of Lieberman's nephew David and David's pregnant wife. Lieberman and Hanrahan sprint nonstop through a day filled with Abe's attempts to console his grieving relatives, a sting operation the two partners have set up, Hanrahan's confrontation with a deranged religious maniac, Lieberman's curious negotiations with a local gang leader, and the bittersweet success of apprehending the men who attacked David and his wife. And just when readers are feeling overwhelmingly shell-shocked by the violence that seems routine to Lieberman and Hanrahan, just when it seems there can't be any more horrors or crises in a single day, Kaminsky's story explodes in a stunning climax that will leave readers breathless. Two admirable cop-heroes with character plus Kaminsky's usual fine plot and plenty of high-octane suspense make this an outstanding story. Emily Melton --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

From AudioFile

Rubinek is a delight with Chicago police sergeant Lieberman. Great accents and pace, he should do the whole series. R.F.W. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

ASIN : B00AYRI5NS
Publisher : MysteriousPress.com/Open Road (January 29, 2013)
Publication date : January 29, 2013
Language : English
File size : 2422 KB
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Martha Cewwll

Read Them All

Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2014

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Kominsky ' s Leiberman series is charming, honest, and captivating. The characters are authentic, flawed, but loveable people you can relate to while the stories remain current and relevant. These stories are well situated in Chicago, proving a familiar background for those who know or wish to know the city. I have read them all several times and highly recommend them.

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Effie

ok.

Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2015

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I didn't really like it; it was dull and slow. Having an elderly, Jewish detective is original, but not interesting enough in itself to make this worthwhile.

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Theresa L. Foss

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2015

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I love his characters and their dark depression.

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John Mackay

Good Book

Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2013

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I like the way Kaminsky writes although with this I think he tried to get too much in one. However Abe Lieberman stories are real and easy to relate to sp I read them all. Never read a bad one.

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Eva Knight

Lieberman's Day

Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2014

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Lieberman's Day: The book met my expectations. Stuart Kaminsky is one of the truly great writers who keeps the mystery going til the end.

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Edgar Award-winning author

Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2007

From Publishers Weekly:

Kaminsky may be best known for his Toby Peters series, most recently The Melting Clock , set in 1940's L.A., but this third outing for Chicago homicide detective Abe Lieberman (after Lieb erman's Choice ) firmly establishes the characters and setting of this present-day series as well. Lieberman's nephew, David, and David's pregnant wife are shot in a late night mugging.

David dies; his wife and unborn child survive, barely. Lieberman gets the case and in the following 24 hours deals with the grief of his brother and sister-in-law, the aftereffects of the collapse of his daughter's marriage, the desperate deal he cuts with a violent drug-dealer called El Perro to catch the killers and the busting of two con artists. Lieberman's partner, Bill Hanrahan, copes with his own alcoholism, ambivalent feelings for his runaway wife, his Chinese-American lover and murderous Frankie Kraylaw, whose abused wife and son he has been sheltering.

Lieberman uncovers a final nasty secret about the murder as he and Hanrahan are involved in separate violent conclusions. Kaminsky masterfully limns his colorful characters, none more finely than 62-year-old Abe: smart, weary and loving, with a sorrowful, wise appreciation for life's absurdities and gifts.

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A murder is never as simple as you think it is

Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2006

This book is occurs over a single 24 hour period of a day in cold wintry Chicago (no Jack Bauer does not make an appearance, but then neither does his daughter). It begins with a robbery gone wrong and the shooting of Abe's pregnant niece and the death of his brother Moishe's son David. At the same time, Frankie, the crazed Jesus freak, who Father Murphy and the Rabbi put on a bus out of town, is back and looking for blood.

We spend the day with Abe and Hanrahan, looking over their shoulders as they do their best to find the perps. APBs are sent out (which tracks down one of the killers in a hospital in LaGrange) and Lieberman calls in a favor from his favorite mexican/chicano criminal "El Piero". We also follow Frankie as he looks for his wife and daughter who happen to be staying with Father Murphy.

Blah, blah, blah, bang bang bang, yeeeeeee splat, bang bang bang bang bang uh bang. One perp is found in the hospital, another jumps off a building and Frankie is shot by Hanrahan five or six times. All things end well, uh sort of, but I won't give away the twists and turns. A great addition to the series.

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MICHAEL H.

Audio Production lacking dismally

Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2011

The audio cassettes for this were horribly narrated.

The reader, apparently, was able to change up his voice for female and ethnic voices, slightly. This is not my complaint.

The reader failed, horribly, to indicate punctuation present in the book.

The reader droned on, making paragraph 2 sound identical to paragraph 3. In several instances, the author changed the setting and time period in between paragraphs. Fair enough. But the way this was narrated, it just jumbled into one big masssssss of fiction, and I had no idea, from one moment to the next, where or whom the book was taking me to. Augggghhhh.

The book, in its paper form, might be OK. It claims to cover "the 24 hour period after a brutal robbery and murder". But, mysteriously, we are privy to the wake, funeral, hospitalization, release-from-hospital, and many other things of the crime victims. WTF?! How about a bit of truth in writing book jackets?

Very sorry, but due to the awful narration job, I need to give a negative review to the cassette production of this book.

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