Terror Town - (Abe Lieberman) by Stuart M Kaminsky (Paperback)

About the Book

The despondent Detective Abe Lieberman encounters three very different situations involving an aging baseball player, a holy man, and a single black mother. Along with his partner, Bill Hanrahan, Abe must make some tough choices or someone near to him could die.

Book Synopsis

Carl Zwick is an aging Chicago Cubs baseball player. Sometimes he feels like he's spent his life hitting into double plays, but he's finally gotten onto the right track. Then tragedy strikes him out.

Anita Mills is a pretty single black mother just trying to get by. A random act of brutality in one of Chicago's rougher neighborhoods permanently ends her struggle.

Richard Allen Smith walks the streets of ChiTown saying God has sent him. He has an unusual, rather nasty way of getting converts to see the light.

What do these people have in common?

Nothing, it would seem, except they are all part of Detective Abe Lieberman's very long day. Lieberman, a sad, baggy-eyed spaniel of a man with the patience of Job and the wisdom of Solomon is trying his best to make his beloved Chicago a better place.

But when Lieberman and his partner, Bill Hanrahan, encounter these three very different situations they are find that there are ties that bind and ties that can cut a man's heart out. Abe Lieberman faces a Gordian knot that he must somehow untangle-and if he makes a mistake, someone very near to him could die.

Review Quotes

"If Edgar Award winner Kaminsky were any more prolific, he'd have to be listed as part of the GNP....a complex, diverting puzzle for which Kaminsky is famous." --Booklist (starred) on Not Quite Kosher

"Perhaps it is time to declare award-winning Stuart Kaminsky as the reigning monarch of excellent detective series." --Midwest Book Review

"Stuart Kaminsky is hard to beat for a thoughtful, well-plotted, well-written mystery." --The Washington Post Book World

"The eighth entry in Kaminsky's Abe Lieberman series should delight fans...rich in conflict and atmosphere." --Booklist on The Last Dark Place

"Kaminsky's finest series." --Kirkus Reviews on the Abe Lieberman series

"Not Quite Kosher is tough enough to convince a reader that Chicago has some authentic mean streets and gentle enough to appeal to a wider mystery-loving audience. Every page is a pleasure to read." --Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine

"Jam-packed with the stuff of good crime fiction--character, style, place, recognizable human conflict." --The Washington Post on The Big Silence

"Characters so real that they seem familiar old friends or terrifying old enemies are well-defined and believable, and the story line is intelligent and nimble." --The Dallas Morning News on The Big Silence

If Edgar Award winner Kaminsky were any more prolific, he'd have to be listed as part of the GNP....a complex, diverting puzzle for which Kaminsky is famous. Booklist (starred) on Not Quite Kosher

Perhaps it is time to declare award-winning Stuart Kaminsky as the reigning monarch of excellent detective series. Midwest Book Review

Stuart Kaminsky is hard to beat for a thoughtful, well-plotted, well-written mystery. The Washington Post Book World

The eighth entry in Kaminsky's Abe Lieberman series should delight fans...rich in conflict and atmosphere. Booklist on The Last Dark Place

Kaminsky's finest series. Kirkus Reviews on the Abe Lieberman series

Not Quite Kosher is tough enough to convince a reader that Chicago has some authentic mean streets and gentle enough to appeal to a wider mystery-loving audience. Every page is a pleasure to read. Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine

Jam-packed with the stuff of good crime fiction--character, style, place, recognizable human conflict. The Washington Post on The Big Silence

Characters so real that they seem familiar old friends or terrifying old enemies are well-defined and believable, and the story line is intelligent and nimble. The Dallas Morning News on The Big Silence

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If Edgar Award winner Kaminsky were any more prolific, he'd have to be listed as part of the GNP....a complex, diverting puzzle for which Kaminsky is famous. "Booklist (starred) on Not Quite Kosher"

Perhaps it is time to declare award-winning Stuart Kaminsky as the reigning monarch of excellent detective series. "Midwest Book Review"

Stuart Kaminsky is hard to beat for a thoughtful, well-plotted, well-written mystery. "The Washington Post Book World"

The eighth entry in Kaminsky's Abe Lieberman series should delight fans...rich in conflict and atmosphere. "Booklist on The Last Dark Place"

Kaminsky's finest series. "Kirkus Reviews on the Abe Lieberman series"

"Not Quite Kosher" is tough enough to convince a reader that Chicago has some authentic mean streets and gentle enough to appeal to a wider mystery-loving audience. Every page is a pleasure to read. "Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine"

Jam-packed with the stuff of good crime fiction--character, style, place, recognizable human conflict. "The Washington Post on The Big Silence"

Characters so real that they seem familiar old friends or terrifying old enemies are well-defined and believable, and the story line is intelligent and nimble. "The Dallas Morning News on The Big Silence""

"If Edgar Award winner Kaminsky were any more prolific, he'd have to be listed as part of the GNP....a complex, diverting puzzle for which Kaminsky is famous."
--"Booklist "(starred) on "Not Quite Kosher" "Perhaps it is time to declare award-winning Stuart Kaminsky as the reigning monarch of excellent detective series."--"Midwest"" Book Review"
"Stuart Kaminsky is hard to beat for a thoughtful, well-plotted, well-written mystery."--"The ""Washington"" Post Book World"
"The eighth entry in Kaminsky's Abe Lieberman series should delight fans...rich in conflict and atmosphere."--"Booklist" on "The Last Dark Place"""
"Kaminsky's finest series."--"Kirkus Reviews "on the Abe Lieberman series
""Not Quite Kosher" is tough enough to convince a reader that Chicago has some authentic mean streets and gentle enough to appeal to a wider mystery-loving audience. Every page is a pleasure to read."--"Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
"
"Jam-packed with the stuff of good crime fiction--character, style, place, recognizable human conflict."--"The Washington Post "on "The Big Silence
"
"Characters so real that they seem familiar old friends or terrifying old enemies are well-defined and believable, and the story line is intelligent and nimble."
--"The Dallas Morning News "on" The Big Silence"""

" If Edgar Award winner Kaminsky were any more prolific, he' d have to be listed as part of the GNP....a complex, diverting puzzle for which Kaminsky is famous."
-- "Booklist "(starred) on "Not Quite Kosher" " Perhaps it is time to declare award-winning Stuart Kaminsky as the reigning monarch of excellent detective series." -- "Midwest"" Book Review"
" Stuart Kaminsky is hard to beat for a thoughtful, well-plotted, well-written mystery." -- "The ""Washington"" Post Book World"
" The eighth entry in Kaminsky's Abe Lieberman series should delight fans...rich in conflict and atmosphere." -- "Booklist" on "The Last Dark Place"""
" Kaminsky's finest series." -- "Kirkus Reviews "on the Abe Lieberman series
" "Not Quite Kosher" is tough enough to convince a reader that Chicago has some authentic mean streets and gentle enough to appeal to a wider mystery-loving audience. Every page is a pleasure to read." -- "Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
"
" Jam-packed with the stuff of good crime fiction-- character, style, place, recognizable human conflict." -- "The Washington Post "on "The Big Silence
"
" Characters so real that they seem familiar old friends or terrifying old enemies are well-defined and believable, and the story line is intelligent and nimble."
-- "The Dallas Morning News "on" The Big Silence"
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"Perhaps it is time to declare award-winning Stuart Kaminsky as the reigning monarch of excellent detective series."--"Midwest" Book Review
"Stuart Kaminsky is hard to beat for a thoughtful, well-plotted, well-written mystery."--"The "Washington" Post Book World
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"Kaminsky has the pro's knack of combining quirky people, succinct descriptions, an eye for detail, and dark humor to produce entertainment at its best."--"Chicago" Sun-Times" "Pacing a series is a tricky maintenance job. Move too fast, your hero loses credibility. Move too slowly, your readers get bored. Move just right, you produce DENIAL (Forge $23.95), the fourth book in Stuart M. Kaminsky's eccentric series about a Florida private investigator..."--Marilyn Stasio in "The New York Times Book Review on "Denial

About the Author

Stuart M. Kaminsky is the Edgar Award-winning author of the critically acclaimed Lew Fonesca, Inspector Rostnikov, and Abe Lieberman mystery series, which includes such titles as Not Quite Kosher, The Big Silence, and The Last Dark Place. He lives with his family in Sarasota, Florida.