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De Helden Van New York (2010)

by R.J. Ellory(Favorite Author)

3.76 of 5 Votes: 2

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English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Uitgeverij De Fontein

review 1: I have bought a couple of R J Ellory's novels but I'd never gotten round to reading when I saw this one in an Amazon Kindle sale and thought I'd give it a try.I must admit that I wasn't hooked straight away as the main protagonist NYPD Detective Frank Parrish initially comes across as a bit of a cliche, in that he is the typical fictional detective, in that he is an alcoholic, divorced, a loner with a call girl girlfriend, who always follows his hunches. However Frank has to undertake counselling as part of the punishment for his latest misdemeanour, in which his last partner was fatally injured. Frank is also investigating the deaths of a drug addict and his younger sister which seems to form part of a series of killings.The novel has basically two narratives - one the mu... morerder investigation and the second the telling of the story of Frank's father and his relationship with him, which is told through the counselling sessions that Frank undertakes.It took me a bit of time to get into the novel as I couldn't at first see the relevance of the narrative of the counselling sessions but enjoyed the Police procedural part of the novel into the girls murders. However I soon found that I enjoyed the counselling sessions as they explained the history of the Mafia involvement in New York and the two narratives do eventually come together to give a compelling climax to the investigation into the murders and also into Frank's heart and mind.Think I'll be delving deeper into Mr Ellory's catalogue further on the strength of this novel
review 2: Gekocht samen met "In one person" van John Irving om het boekenweekgeschenk te verkrijgen. Niet om te lezen (nederlandse schrijver), maar om op zondag gratis te kunnen treinen. En het kon van de boekenbonnen van mijn 50e verjaardag.2 boeken om mijn engels een beetje op pijl te houden.De schrijver is erg goed, dat wist ik al.Het verhaal is mooi. Een stoere moeilijke agent die met iedereen moeite heeft en om een zaak op te lossen de grens over gaat. Leukste scene als al die bovengenoemde personen elkaar ontmoeten in het ziekenhuis als Frank daar opgenomen is.Goed boek. less

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