Customer Reviews:
 A king's Ransom Indeed. July 13, 2008
A vintage McBain, if there is such thing for McBain's 87th Precinct stories are timeless. The detective crew of the 87th are always fresh, the characters are so well drawn that if I'd meet Steve Carella, Artie Brown and unfortunate Bert Cling on the street I would not only instantly recognize them but would greet them as old friends.
I could not bestow a higher praise on this work than to call it, what I did in the first sentence, "A vintage McBain."
interesting delimma March 8, 1998
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This isn't normally the kind of book I read (it being a mystery), but I'm glad I did, because it really wasn't a mystery. More of a suspense or cop story. I like the interesting moral dilemma this book poses..would you pay a half million dollars in ransom for a child that is not your own? And what if paying this ransom ruins you? What would you do? I think McBain could have spent more time on this aspect of the novel. Also, this book contains some of the best dialogues I've seen. I could picture a couple of good actors acting this out on the big screen. The biggest problem i found with the book was McBain wrote it 'soft.' I would've expected more swearing and adult content from kidnappers, but all in all this book is a must.
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