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Fifty-to-One (2008)

by Charles Ardai(Favorite Author)

3.79 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0843959681 (ISBN13: 9780843959680)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Dorchester Publishing Co.

series

Hard Case Crime

review 1: In an ode to the dime-store era paperbacks, Ardai crafts an intelligent pulp masterpiece while simultaneously saluting his very own Hardcase Crime. 'Fifty-To-One' celebrates the first 50 books from Hardcase Crime with each chapter the title of one of the corresponding published books. What makes this work is the intricately woven tale of a young woman's journey from innocent farm life to big city indecency and seemingly innocuous encounter with a certain devious publisher out for a quick buck. Before long, Tricia is writing a mob heist and on her way to a steady pay check, that is, until fiction turns fact and the mob come looking for answers after loosing a cool 3mil in the exact fashion as described in Tricia's book. At heart, 'Fifty-To-One' is a classic example of the m... moreurder mystery whodunit caper with everyday characters acting out believable scenes and getting themselves in and out of interesting situations. For the book worms out there, Ardai has loaded up on Easter eggs so keep an eye out for famous author and book references. This is a testament to the Hardcase Crime legacy worthy of all applause and notoriety its received - 4 stars.
review 2: Certainly not the best of the series, either on the basis of originality or of good good writing, but this book wins points for carrying out the strange novelty act that it sets out to. The book, being the anniversary (50th book of the series) has fifty chapters named sequentially after every book in said series. It needs to take some weird, irrelevant turns to make it there, but make it it does. less

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