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Title: Dancer in the Flames
Author: Stephen Solomita
Narrator: Eric Meyers
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
Language: English
Release date: 03-31-14
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense
Publisher's Summary:
The murder of a police officer reveals a world of corruption in this contemporary noir thriller set in New York.
When Detective Boots Littlewoods regular bookie, Drago, reveals that the shooting of police officer Captain Christopher Palmer was no random killing but an organized hit in exchange for a lighter sentence, Boots is assigned to a task force to investigate with a new partner, Jill Kelly, and soon uncovers a trail of corruption that someone will do anything to protect...
Critic Reviews:
An accomplished hard-boiled crime (Booklist)
Members Reviews:
A Terrific Book by a Terrific Writer
If you like Elmore Leonard you'll love Stephen Solomita, one of today's most neglected writers. (I'm not the only one who thinks so, Otto Penzler, who knows a thing or two about mysteries has said it, too.) Dancer in the Flames is one of Solomita's best books, and that's saying something. His characters are believble, plots original, and what's more there's a great sense of humor. Solomita knows his New York and the people who live there like no other I've read. There's nothing cut and dried about Solomita's characters, just when you think you've got things figured out, there's a switch, and someone's doing something else, completely logical. Be prepared...he'll keep you reading into the early morning hours.
I urge you to read this book, and his others as well. Maybe some day soon someone in TV or the film business will get smart and realize that there's a goldmine here.
Corruption in New York City
This is as much a family drama as it is a murder mystery and thriller. The main focus of the story is a New York City detective, Boots Littlewood. He's a people person, skilled in using his resources to find the suspects he needs to interview. He also has a good relationship with his father, who is planning to remarry, and with his son, a college student skilled in computer analysis.
The author is a former cab driver in New York and his knowledge and descriptions of the streets of Brooklyn, New York and surroundings is right on.
There have been a number of murders involving New York City cops, one was on the job investigating the Lipstick murderer, another was a captain who thought he was invincible.
Boots investigates these murders and, when one of his sources is arrested for one of the murders, Boots knows there is coverup going on and he feels he has to take actions to prove his man isn't guilty of murder.
An interesting sideline is Boots and gambling. He enjoys the New York Yankees and is constantly betting small amounts on their games. His bookie is a friend who also gets involved in a crime.
I read this book in a couple of days and enjoyed every minute of it.
SMOKING COP HIT
How does Solomita get away with never hitting a Best Seller list! When this book starts out the action is so fast it's like a short story. Then, boom! Suddenly its full drawn people with depth and background and places to go besides a quick end. Solomita's Brooklyn-backwater detective, Boots, quits smoking and fines himself getting into closed cars with smoking cops to get a second-hand hit. Fellow cop Crazy Jill Kelly smokes like a fiend--among many things she does like a fiend. You can imagine the rest, but you won't have to, and Solomita's imagination is better than yours--fathers, daughters, bent cops and Boots takes offense.
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Title: Dancer in the Flames
Author: Stephen Solomita
Narrator: Eric Meyers
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
Language: English
Release date: 03-31-14
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense
Publisher's Summary:
The murder of a police officer reveals a world of corruption in this contemporary noir thriller set in New York.
When Detective Boots Littlewoods regular bookie, Drago, reveals that the shooting of police officer Captain Christopher Palmer was no random killing but an organized hit in exchange for a lighter sentence, Boots is assigned to a task force to investigate with a new partner, Jill Kelly, and soon uncovers a trail of corruption that someone will do anything to protect...
Critic Reviews:
An accomplished hard-boiled crime (Booklist)
Members Reviews:
A Terrific Book by a Terrific Writer
If you like Elmore Leonard you'll love Stephen Solomita, one of today's most neglected writers. (I'm not the only one who thinks so, Otto Penzler, who knows a thing or two about mysteries has said it, too.) Dancer in the Flames is one of Solomita's best books, and that's saying something. His characters are believble, plots original, and what's more there's a great sense of humor. Solomita knows his New York and the people who live there like no other I've read. There's nothing cut and dried about Solomita's characters, just when you think you've got things figured out, there's a switch, and someone's doing something else, completely logical. Be prepared...he'll keep you reading into the early morning hours.
I urge you to read this book, and his others as well. Maybe some day soon someone in TV or the film business will get smart and realize that there's a goldmine here.
Corruption in New York City
This is as much a family drama as it is a murder mystery and thriller. The main focus of the story is a New York City detective, Boots Littlewood. He's a people person, skilled in using his resources to find the suspects he needs to interview. He also has a good relationship with his father, who is planning to remarry, and with his son, a college student skilled in computer analysis.
The author is a former cab driver in New York and his knowledge and descriptions of the streets of Brooklyn, New York and surroundings is right on.
There have been a number of murders involving New York City cops, one was on the job investigating the Lipstick murderer, another was a captain who thought he was invincible.
Boots investigates these murders and, when one of his sources is arrested for one of the murders, Boots knows there is coverup going on and he feels he has to take actions to prove his man isn't guilty of murder.
An interesting sideline is Boots and gambling. He enjoys the New York Yankees and is constantly betting small amounts on their games. His bookie is a friend who also gets involved in a crime.
I read this book in a couple of days and enjoyed every minute of it.
SMOKING COP HIT
How does Solomita get away with never hitting a Best Seller list! When this book starts out the action is so fast it's like a short story. Then, boom! Suddenly its full drawn people with depth and background and places to go besides a quick end. Solomita's Brooklyn-backwater detective, Boots, quits smoking and fines himself getting into closed cars with smoking cops to get a second-hand hit. Fellow cop Crazy Jill Kelly smokes like a fiend--among many things she does like a fiend. You can imagine the rest, but you won't have to, and Solomita's imagination is better than yours--fathers, daughters, bent cops and Boots takes offense.