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Title: Stone Quarry by S. J. Rozan ISBN: 0-312-97703-4 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 01 January, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.46 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A new departure
Comment: Shamus winner S. J. Rozan tries something new: setting a book in upstate New York instead of New York City. The city was such a strong presence in the earlier books that I was afraid this one would be weaker, but it's a great read: atmospheric, dark and moving. Good plot, good characters, too. BTW, it's a Bill Smith book, so Lydia Chin fans, wait your turn.
Rating: 5
Summary: A gripping story with characters that really come to life.
Comment: Stone Quarry is one of S.J. Rozan's best books yet. The feel for the landscape, both natural and social, is particularly strong. The isolated rural county where the novel takes place really comes to life. The story grips you by the neck and propels you forward, and keeps you guessing until the unexpected but convincing end. In its twists and turns, the plot put me in mind of The Big Sleep. The narrator, Bill Smith, is a complicated, private person, and we learn a little more in this book about what makes him tick. Some interesting changes in the relationship between Bill and his partner, Lydia Chin-- Rozan handles this with a skillful, subtle touch. Another strong character is Jimmy Antonelli, a working-class kid in deep trouble who Bill has helped out before. Jimmy reminds me of some guys I've known-- a bundle of bravado and contradictions, caught between wanting to do the right thing, and internal and external pressures that push him in the wrong direction. Rozan herself goes in exactly the right direction with this novel, a story that slowly builds to a fast and furious conclusion.
Rating: 3
Summary: Wholly average
Comment: By reading the hype written by a lot of my favorite authors of mysteries and thriller about S.J. Rozan's latest book, "Stone Quarry, I expected a lot from it. What I found though was somewhat entertaining, not at all informative, and wholly average.
Bill Smith, private detective, and his on-again/off-again partner, Lydia Chin, are the stars of this current installment of an ongoing series. While vacationing in his deceased uncle's cabin in upstate New York, Smith becomes engaged in a what appears on the surface to be a simple burglary involving a reclusive artist who wants to remain anonymous but still recover some valuable paintings that were stolen from her. The situation devolves quickly into a fight to the death with local crooks who may-or-may-not have mob ties, along with some bought-off cops on the local force.
While Rozan does an able job with telling this story, it follows a well-trodden path and ends in a place we've all been many times before. By the end of the story, I found myself being able to skip ahead without missing anything, which to me, says a lot about a book. While it appears that Rozan may have a huge following, she didn't gain a new one with me.
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Title: Reflecting the Sky by S. J. Rozan ISBN: 0312981341 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 01 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: No Colder Place (No Colder Place) by S. J. Rozan ISBN: 0312966644 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: A Bitter Feast by S. J. Rozan ISBN: 0312970110 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Mandarin Plaid (Lydia Chin, Bill Smith Mystery) by S. J. Rozan ISBN: 0312962835 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Concourse (Lydia Chin, Bill Smith Mystery) by S. J. Rozan ISBN: 0312959443 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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