Jack and the Beanstalk

Overall a fun read...I enjoyed it...I'll read a few more Matthew Hope books over the next couple of years...3 outta 5.........more

Another outing for Matthew Hope, in his fictional town of Calusa, Florida. A young commercial client is found murdered and Hope gets drawn into his family of cattle ranchers. For someone who is not a criminal lawyer he gets drawn into some violent action!......more

I have grown quite fond of this series, something that I hadn't expected having come to it as a dyed-in-the-wool devotee of the famed 87th Precinct series. But Ed McBain was, well, just very good at what he did, and managed to make his central character, along with those with whom he regularly inter......more

The story starts with a party, Matthew Hope getting beaten up and his girlfriend splitting up with him. Not a great start for Hope, made worse when a homicide victim is found with his business card in his wallet. Jack Mckinney hired Hope as an attorney in a purchase of a snap bean farm in Florida. Ho......more

Narrada al estilo de los policiales tradicionales, esta novela de Ed McBain es entretenida y de fácil lectura, pero no presenta mayores sorpresas, y nos muestra algunos personajes bastante estereotipados. Su protagonista, un abogado devenido en eventual detective, debe lidiar con sus problemas sentim......more