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Publication
New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, c1984.
Description
When a client is murdered just before he's due to pay forty grand for a bean farm, lawyer Matthew Hope wanders into a world of shotguns, cowboys, dangerous farm beauties, and vanished cash. Praise for the Matthew Hope Mysteries A cracking good read?a solid, suspenseful, swiftly-paced story.? ? Pittsburgh Post-Gazette McBain has a great approach, great attitude, terrific style, strong plots, excellent dialogue, sense of place, and sense of reality.? ? Elmore Leonard
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LibraryThing member Stahl-Ricco
“... and I didn’t know whether she’d meant she was sorry I’d been beaten up or sorry she was ending it this way.”
Matthew Hope gets his ass kicked in a bar, defending/protecting his girlfriend, and after the hospital, she breaks up with him. Tough start to this book!
Then, the book slows
Matthew Hope gets his ass kicked in a bar, defending/protecting his girlfriend, and after the hospital, she breaks up with him. Tough start to this book!
Then, the book slows
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waaaaay down, and I learn more about raising cattle than I ever wanted to. Waaaay more. Then it picks up again, and then it's over. The dialogue is good, especially the banter, but the main character, Hope, is pretty lame, and I didn't much care for anyone else, except maybe the cops. It was my first "Hope" book, and probably my last. I'll stick to the 87th Precinct, thanks. Show Less
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1984
Physical description
250 p.; 22 cm
ISBN
0030621976 / 9780030621970