Marc Krulewitch
Auteur de Maxwell Street Blues (Jules Landau Mystery)
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Maxwell Street Blues (Jules Landau Mysteries,#1) par Marc Krulewitch
If you like old fashioned detectives in your fiction, you will like this one. Set in 1990's Chicago, but with a nod to the noir fiction of the 30's this mystery is entertaining and filled with the type of characters you'd expect from the tough, mean streets of this city.
This is a thoroughly intriguing detective mystery with all of the classical clues and strong characters leading the reader like a mouse to the cheese but not yet to the trap. Private investigator Jules Landau does not give up in his search for the missing young woman Tanya. In the process he discovers a fraudulent wine scheme worth thousands of dollars, dirty cops, and other low life. A really good read…
This is the third Jules Landau book I have read and I like this one the least. It is different enough from the others that I wonder if it is not an old manuscript that has been rehabilitated into a Jules Landau Mystery.
The plot involving old wine and old wine futures feels contrived and I confess I did not understand what was going on half the time. There are characters I can't tell one from the other. None of Jules friends makes a meaningful appearance.
The first two Jules Landau books are really good and you should read them. This one? Only if you feel you must.
I received a review copy of Gold Coast Blues: A Jules Landau Mystery" by Marc Krulewitch (Random House – Alibi) through NetGalley.com.… (plus d'informations)
The plot involving old wine and old wine futures feels contrived and I confess I did not understand what was going on half the time. There are characters I can't tell one from the other. None of Jules friends makes a meaningful appearance.
The first two Jules Landau books are really good and you should read them. This one? Only if you feel you must.
I received a review copy of Gold Coast Blues: A Jules Landau Mystery" by Marc Krulewitch (Random House – Alibi) through NetGalley.com.… (plus d'informations)
A special thank you to Random House Publishing Group, Alibi, and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Marc Krulewitch returns with Windy City Blues: A Jules Landau Mystery after the introduction of "Maxwell Street Blues", the first of his Blues Trilogy with PI Jules, trying to overcome his family’s criminal past in the Windy City of Chicago.
From Book one we learn of Jules Landau as a new private detective been thrown into the dark secrets of Chicago and a family full of criminals. When he gets his first case, the client is his ex-con father and the job is finding the killer of a man whom Jules loved like family. All about Charles Snook and finding answers. Snooky had all sort of clients as he uncovers one dirty secret after another to solve the murder. .
In Windy City Blues, PI begins to uncover all sorts of corruption, prostitution, the mob, murder, dirty cops, and politics. He was hoping after the previous case, he could get back to simpler less violent crimes.
When someone gets involved in a murder story and the Meter police, the small news media and Landau is offered a retainer to investigate, since his last victory; this time he needs to find a killer. Jack is the deceased, an immigrant for the country of Georgia and was found with his head decapitated behind Chicago public housing.
The client hiring him is not related to the victim; however, a part of the small immigrant community and wants the killer found. Appears the police are not working to find the killer as part of the Department of Revenue, leasing to a private company, Windy City, is subsidy of an unlisted holding company.
As he investigates he uncovers all sorts of dirt from kick-backs, illegal immigrants, prostitutes, organized crime, and the mafia. Then there is the wealthy, adoptive grandfather, the Georgian community, and The Kutaisi Georgian Bakery. The entire book seemed very confusing, and I did not connect with the story, nor did not hold my interest. Sorry, gave up on this one (which is something I seldom do). Not one I can recommend, even though I do love Chicago.… (plus d'informations)
Marc Krulewitch returns with Windy City Blues: A Jules Landau Mystery after the introduction of "Maxwell Street Blues", the first of his Blues Trilogy with PI Jules, trying to overcome his family’s criminal past in the Windy City of Chicago.
From Book one we learn of Jules Landau as a new private detective been thrown into the dark secrets of Chicago and a family full of criminals. When he gets his first case, the client is his ex-con father and the job is finding the killer of a man whom Jules loved like family. All about Charles Snook and finding answers. Snooky had all sort of clients as he uncovers one dirty secret after another to solve the murder. .
In Windy City Blues, PI begins to uncover all sorts of corruption, prostitution, the mob, murder, dirty cops, and politics. He was hoping after the previous case, he could get back to simpler less violent crimes.
When someone gets involved in a murder story and the Meter police, the small news media and Landau is offered a retainer to investigate, since his last victory; this time he needs to find a killer. Jack is the deceased, an immigrant for the country of Georgia and was found with his head decapitated behind Chicago public housing.
The client hiring him is not related to the victim; however, a part of the small immigrant community and wants the killer found. Appears the police are not working to find the killer as part of the Department of Revenue, leasing to a private company, Windy City, is subsidy of an unlisted holding company.
As he investigates he uncovers all sorts of dirt from kick-backs, illegal immigrants, prostitutes, organized crime, and the mafia. Then there is the wealthy, adoptive grandfather, the Georgian community, and The Kutaisi Georgian Bakery. The entire book seemed very confusing, and I did not connect with the story, nor did not hold my interest. Sorry, gave up on this one (which is something I seldom do). Not one I can recommend, even though I do love Chicago.… (plus d'informations)
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- Œuvres
- 8
- Membres
- 48
- Popularité
- #325,720
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 12
- ISBN
- 8