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Lieberman's Choice
"Kaminsky gets his details exactly right....Tightly plotted...The best mysteries work on multiple levels, and this one is no exception."
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Detective Sergeant Abe Lieberman is about to wake up to every policeman's nightmare--an out-of-control colleague hell-bent on revenge. After gunning down his wife and her lover, a fellow cop, Bernie Shepard has retreated to a makeshift bunker atop his high-rise apartment buliding, armed with a high-powered rifle and enough explosives to destroy a neighborhood. Holding his former comrades Lieberman and Bill Hanrahan desperately at bay, he issues his single a confrontation with police captain Alan Kearney--or else, widespread slaughter. Either way, Leiberman knows, it's a choice that can only end in disaster.
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Detective Sergeant Abe Lieberman is about to wake up to every policeman's nightmare--an out-of-control colleague hell-bent on revenge. After gunning down his wife and her lover, a fellow cop, Bernie Shepard has retreated to a makeshift bunker atop his high-rise apartment buliding, armed with a high-powered rifle and enough explosives to destroy a neighborhood. Holding his former comrades Lieberman and Bill Hanrahan desperately at bay, he issues his single a confrontation with police captain Alan Kearney--or else, widespread slaughter. Either way, Leiberman knows, it's a choice that can only end in disaster.
179 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1993
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Stuart M. Kaminsky
161 books215 followersStuart M. Kaminsky wrote 50 published novels, 5 biographies, 4 textbooks and 35 short stories. He also has screenwriting credits on four produced films including ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA, ENEMY TERRITORY, A WOMAN IN THE WIND and HIDDEN FEARS. He was a past president of the Mystery Writers of America and was nominated for six prestigious Edgar Allen Poe Awards including one for his short story “Snow” in 1999. He won an Edgar for his novel A COLD RED SUNRISE, which was also awarded the Prix De Roman D’Aventure of France. He was nominated for both a Shamus Award and a McCavity Readers Choice Award.
Kaminsky wrote several popular series including those featuring Lew Fonesca, Abraham Lieberman, Inspector Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov, and Toby Peters. He also wrote two original "Rockford Files " novels. He was the 50th annual recipient of the Grandmaster 2006 for Lifetime Achievement from the Mystery Writers of America.
Received the Shamus Award, "The Eye" (Lifetime achievement award) in 2007.
His nonfiction books including BASIC FILMMAKING, WRITING FOR TELEVISION, AMERICAN FILM GENRES, and biographies of GARY COOPER, CLINT EASTWOOD, JOHN HUSTON and DON SIEGEL. BEHIND THE MYSTERY was published by Hot House Press in 2005 and nominated by Mystery Writers of America for Best Critical/Biographical book in 2006.
Kaminsky held a B.S. in Journalism and an M.A. in English from The University of Illinois and a Ph.D. in Speech from Northwestern University where he taught for 16 years before becoming a Professor at Florida State. where he headed the Graduate Conservatory in Film and Television Production. He left Florida State in 1994 to pursue full-time writing.
Kaminsky and his wife, Enid Perll, moved to St. Louis, Missouri in March 2009 to await a liver transplant to treat the hepatitis he contracted as an army medic in the late 1950s in France. He suffered a stroke two days after their arrival in St. Louis, which made him ineligible for a transplant. He died on October 9, 2009.
Kaminsky wrote several popular series including those featuring Lew Fonesca, Abraham Lieberman, Inspector Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov, and Toby Peters. He also wrote two original "Rockford Files " novels. He was the 50th annual recipient of the Grandmaster 2006 for Lifetime Achievement from the Mystery Writers of America.
Received the Shamus Award, "The Eye" (Lifetime achievement award) in 2007.
His nonfiction books including BASIC FILMMAKING, WRITING FOR TELEVISION, AMERICAN FILM GENRES, and biographies of GARY COOPER, CLINT EASTWOOD, JOHN HUSTON and DON SIEGEL. BEHIND THE MYSTERY was published by Hot House Press in 2005 and nominated by Mystery Writers of America for Best Critical/Biographical book in 2006.
Kaminsky held a B.S. in Journalism and an M.A. in English from The University of Illinois and a Ph.D. in Speech from Northwestern University where he taught for 16 years before becoming a Professor at Florida State. where he headed the Graduate Conservatory in Film and Television Production. He left Florida State in 1994 to pursue full-time writing.
Kaminsky and his wife, Enid Perll, moved to St. Louis, Missouri in March 2009 to await a liver transplant to treat the hepatitis he contracted as an army medic in the late 1950s in France. He suffered a stroke two days after their arrival in St. Louis, which made him ineligible for a transplant. He died on October 9, 2009.
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July 22, 2021
I guess I rated this book as three stars a while back when I first joined Goodreads. I recently picked it up again and reread it. Reading this time more as an author maybe made difference. I loved this book. Its a fast read and I was thoroughly engrossed with the story, the characters and the craft of the writing. I first picked this book up off the remainder pile back in 1994 (If memory serves), picked it based on the cover. I know, don't judge a book by its cover but it did catch my eye. I know I liked it well enough then that I bought all of his Liberman book series, the Fonseca's the Hollywood Toby Peter stories). Some of the Rostnikov series. He won the Edgar for A Cold Red Sunrise.
If you like the Ed McBain 87th precinct series you might like the Liberman books. These stories juggle the life of an aging detective with his the personal life and does a brilliant job of making them both interesting and engaging. Real. Though, the story jumps around in multiple points of view I was never lost and I enjoyed each person.
When I retired from law enforcement in Southern California and took a job with Hawaii Five-O I sold my book collection, about six thousand signed first editions which included signed copies of all The Liberman, Fonseca, and all of the Toby Peters (except one Toby Peter's it was too pricey at the time). I couldn't take them in the move as the humidity in the Aloha State would have ruined them. Unless I built a climate controlled library. This time after rereading Liberman's Choice I just repurchased all of the Liberman books to reread, that's how much I enjoyed this book. :-)
David Putnam Author of The Bruno Johnson series.
If you like the Ed McBain 87th precinct series you might like the Liberman books. These stories juggle the life of an aging detective with his the personal life and does a brilliant job of making them both interesting and engaging. Real. Though, the story jumps around in multiple points of view I was never lost and I enjoyed each person.
When I retired from law enforcement in Southern California and took a job with Hawaii Five-O I sold my book collection, about six thousand signed first editions which included signed copies of all The Liberman, Fonseca, and all of the Toby Peters (except one Toby Peter's it was too pricey at the time). I couldn't take them in the move as the humidity in the Aloha State would have ruined them. Unless I built a climate controlled library. This time after rereading Liberman's Choice I just repurchased all of the Liberman books to reread, that's how much I enjoyed this book. :-)
David Putnam Author of The Bruno Johnson series.
November 5, 2019
Another surprisingly good read in the Lieberman series. I see an improvement from the first book, which is probably normal. I find Lieberman to be a very interesting character - he uses his brain instead of his gun in most cases, he's very even-tempered most of the time, even around the criminals. He often shows them respect that they don't expect, and seems to want to help them if possible, even when they are considering killing him. But if needed, he can be pretty scary. Once, he needed information from a criminal, and pointed his gun at the guy, then pulled the trigger when he didn't get what he needed. The gun didn't fire, but he pointed it away from the guy and tried again, and it fired. He commented about how it was unreliable sometimes, but the guy became more cooperative. He also faces armed shooters without his gun sometimes.
He's a family man, has a brother that owns a Jewish deli that always makes me hungry for bagels and pastrami sandwiches, among other things. He sometimes hangs out there where a group of 6retired men, called The Alter Cockers, comment and advise him on both his professional and personal life. They are not all Jewish; there's one Chinese man, whose daughter often comes in for lunch and never orders the same thing twice.
The story was pretty good - a cop who shoots his wife, her lover, and one or two others, then holds up on the roof of the building which he fortified and rigged with explosives; he then demands to see first a news team, then another cop at a certain time that he believes played some part in his wife's unfaithfulness. But aside from the main story, there's a lot going on, mostly unrelated things like friends and family matters, or partially related people. There's humor and philosophy mixed in that makes for a fun read, in my opinion.
He's a family man, has a brother that owns a Jewish deli that always makes me hungry for bagels and pastrami sandwiches, among other things. He sometimes hangs out there where a group of 6retired men, called The Alter Cockers, comment and advise him on both his professional and personal life. They are not all Jewish; there's one Chinese man, whose daughter often comes in for lunch and never orders the same thing twice.
The story was pretty good - a cop who shoots his wife, her lover, and one or two others, then holds up on the roof of the building which he fortified and rigged with explosives; he then demands to see first a news team, then another cop at a certain time that he believes played some part in his wife's unfaithfulness. But aside from the main story, there's a lot going on, mostly unrelated things like friends and family matters, or partially related people. There's humor and philosophy mixed in that makes for a fun read, in my opinion.
October 3, 2019
This is a nice cliffhanger. The action is fast-paced, the hero, Lieberman, is a great character, and the story is told with a minimum of extra verbiage.
December 28, 2020
I enjoyed Kaminsky's russian book so much I had to try this one which tells a tale set in Chicago. The characters are wonderfully nuanced as in the other book, but the story was only good, not great. A couple loosely couple tales, with some loose ends when the book finished. Enjoyable reading, and I have no regrets about it, just not as good as I had hoped.
June 22, 2024
This one just mesmerized me. The entire event occurs within 48 or so hours. Lieberman getting no sleep again, of course.
Is it perfect? As a novel in the genre, nearly so. The writing is as most Kaminsky set into almost constant dialogue. Just masterful. Did they ever make these into films? They should have. This particular one of true emergency conditions hit the exact right tone and tenure. Especially for that time period before huge economic and cultural declines.
There is violence. And anger. And regret. And politico. IMHO, unto an era that was still not the total corrupt mess it has become for the past 20 years. Just on the way down in the slide. But with the decline and deals of association thoroughly well coupled.
This area that Kaminsky uses as Chicago city (core/prime)representative is really not very. It's actually very mild compared to other much more vast sections. But I forgive him for the tone and tenure to "true". Regardless, fellows well met all together now-hiring from the "other side" of legal, if necessary. But watch your back afterwards. And it was done so well in the telling.
This type of Chicago acknowledging the diner / bar folks etc. Almost entirely gone. But Kaminsky plies it just as it was. Actually for most of the last century. But isn't any more. Vast numbers of folks became just like the dentist did here. Does it not surprise me that Kaminsky never mentions the ultimate losses of that citizen's house/goods/material life as a whole? Nope. It has never once been acknowledged in any reality either. Not for probably next to a 1000 people I myself have observed and known. You can blink your eyes and it is "all gone". Reminded me of that game you play with babies of hide and seek of the object in the hand. There, and then "all gone".
Authority too as it works. Perfect example in this plot situation and sequences of blame OR job/work deed fall out.
I still have many more of these to read. I hope I didn't go to 5 stars too soon. I sure hope that he didn't miss the time that the river wall collapsed into the sewer and subway system. When all was closed with police guards at about 5 stations, entrances to underground etc. My brother had a dozen hot (homicide) cases when that happened and a week later when it got fixed and drained and they got back to their regular jobs after a week of guarding el entrances he had 2 cases left. All the rest had killed each other in the meantime. True. It was in April 1992 when they were repairing a bridge. That would make an even more interesting plot than this one.
Others will probably not grasp some of this one. A beware for all of you fragile folk- there is a body count above 4 by the time it is finished. But it also holds a great dog story.
Is it perfect? As a novel in the genre, nearly so. The writing is as most Kaminsky set into almost constant dialogue. Just masterful. Did they ever make these into films? They should have. This particular one of true emergency conditions hit the exact right tone and tenure. Especially for that time period before huge economic and cultural declines.
There is violence. And anger. And regret. And politico. IMHO, unto an era that was still not the total corrupt mess it has become for the past 20 years. Just on the way down in the slide. But with the decline and deals of association thoroughly well coupled.
This area that Kaminsky uses as Chicago city (core/prime)representative is really not very. It's actually very mild compared to other much more vast sections. But I forgive him for the tone and tenure to "true". Regardless, fellows well met all together now-hiring from the "other side" of legal, if necessary. But watch your back afterwards. And it was done so well in the telling.
This type of Chicago acknowledging the diner / bar folks etc. Almost entirely gone. But Kaminsky plies it just as it was. Actually for most of the last century. But isn't any more. Vast numbers of folks became just like the dentist did here. Does it not surprise me that Kaminsky never mentions the ultimate losses of that citizen's house/goods/material life as a whole? Nope. It has never once been acknowledged in any reality either. Not for probably next to a 1000 people I myself have observed and known. You can blink your eyes and it is "all gone". Reminded me of that game you play with babies of hide and seek of the object in the hand. There, and then "all gone".
Authority too as it works. Perfect example in this plot situation and sequences of blame OR job/work deed fall out.
I still have many more of these to read. I hope I didn't go to 5 stars too soon. I sure hope that he didn't miss the time that the river wall collapsed into the sewer and subway system. When all was closed with police guards at about 5 stations, entrances to underground etc. My brother had a dozen hot (homicide) cases when that happened and a week later when it got fixed and drained and they got back to their regular jobs after a week of guarding el entrances he had 2 cases left. All the rest had killed each other in the meantime. True. It was in April 1992 when they were repairing a bridge. That would make an even more interesting plot than this one.
Others will probably not grasp some of this one. A beware for all of you fragile folk- there is a body count above 4 by the time it is finished. But it also holds a great dog story.
February 4, 2025
Summary: A cop kills his wife and the cop who is sleeping with her, and threatens to blow up a city block unless one demand is met.
Abe Lieberman can’t get to sleep. And then the phone rings. A fellow policeman walked into his apartment with a loaded shotgun and blew away his wife and the cop she was sleeping with. When his partner, recently “on the wagon” arrives, the scene is so awful he needs a drink. The officer, Bernie Shepard, has barricaded himself on the roof with his dog. He’s armed to the teeth. And he’s rigged up enough explosives to blow away not only the building but a city block.
Abe is the first one who talks to him and size up the situation. Shepard wants a TV reporter to interview him. Eventually, he gets his wish. He has one demand. Specifically, he wants to talk to Captain Alan Kearney at midnight, after a day-long siege. In his mind, Kearney is the one who had corrupted his wife.
There are lots of people who want to make this go away as quickly as possible, from a mayor facing re-election to the chief of police. And there are the civilians. First, a couple of hard-up bounty seekers living in the building attempt an assault on the rooftop nest only to end up splattered on the street below. Then a gang leader who Shepard had arrested wants to take a crack. Incredibly, they let him and he manages to wound Shepard. But Shepard has positioned himself so well that no chopper, no sniper, can take him out.
If Lieberman had his choice, he’d just hang out with the Alter Cockers at his brother Maish’s deli. Or he would be home with his family. Instead, he is on point negotiating with a man who has already killed four–one who has nothing left to lose. And if that is not enough, he has to deal with a religious crazy, Frankie Kraylaw. who is abusing his wife.
As the hours tick down and the pressure increases, will they find a way to avoid a confrontation with Kearney or a catastrophic explosion? Amid it all, Lieberman, the veteran of Chicago’s streets seems the wisest and sanest. But will it be enough?
Abe Lieberman can’t get to sleep. And then the phone rings. A fellow policeman walked into his apartment with a loaded shotgun and blew away his wife and the cop she was sleeping with. When his partner, recently “on the wagon” arrives, the scene is so awful he needs a drink. The officer, Bernie Shepard, has barricaded himself on the roof with his dog. He’s armed to the teeth. And he’s rigged up enough explosives to blow away not only the building but a city block.
Abe is the first one who talks to him and size up the situation. Shepard wants a TV reporter to interview him. Eventually, he gets his wish. He has one demand. Specifically, he wants to talk to Captain Alan Kearney at midnight, after a day-long siege. In his mind, Kearney is the one who had corrupted his wife.
There are lots of people who want to make this go away as quickly as possible, from a mayor facing re-election to the chief of police. And there are the civilians. First, a couple of hard-up bounty seekers living in the building attempt an assault on the rooftop nest only to end up splattered on the street below. Then a gang leader who Shepard had arrested wants to take a crack. Incredibly, they let him and he manages to wound Shepard. But Shepard has positioned himself so well that no chopper, no sniper, can take him out.
If Lieberman had his choice, he’d just hang out with the Alter Cockers at his brother Maish’s deli. Or he would be home with his family. Instead, he is on point negotiating with a man who has already killed four–one who has nothing left to lose. And if that is not enough, he has to deal with a religious crazy, Frankie Kraylaw. who is abusing his wife.
As the hours tick down and the pressure increases, will they find a way to avoid a confrontation with Kearney or a catastrophic explosion? Amid it all, Lieberman, the veteran of Chicago’s streets seems the wisest and sanest. But will it be enough?
December 31, 2025
This is a taut and interesting mystery from beginning to end. A man shoots his wife and her lover, walks past a dozen witnesses to the elevator, and goes to the roof to await the police behind a prepared barricade with ammo, food, water, supplies, and enough explosives to bring down a Chicago city block. Enter Abraham Lieberman, Chicago detective, to find a way to talk this madman down. Here's the catch, the killer and the wife's lover are both cops.
Of course, there's more to the main mystery here, but I will leave it to the reader to discover that. The other thing driving this novel is the sub-plot involving the terrifying domestic violence that Lieberman is having nightmares about. That perp is beyond creepy and legitimately disturbing.
Always with a tremendous economy of words, Kaminsky's Lieberman delivers in all the right ways in this second entry.
Of course, there's more to the main mystery here, but I will leave it to the reader to discover that. The other thing driving this novel is the sub-plot involving the terrifying domestic violence that Lieberman is having nightmares about. That perp is beyond creepy and legitimately disturbing.
Always with a tremendous economy of words, Kaminsky's Lieberman delivers in all the right ways in this second entry.
December 10, 2025
I am reading the Lieberman series in a non-sequential order, but it does not matter to me. What does matter is the total clarity, character portrayals, and interesting side stories that Stuart Kaminsky z'l put into this series.
This one is superb from the mayor, down to the lowly patrolman.
I know the Rogers Park/North Chicago area and his writing reflects what I know of it. I usually do not like American detective stories about American detectives, but I am tempted to delve into another of his series.
I hope Mr. Kaminsky's soul is resting in Eternal peace.
This one is superb from the mayor, down to the lowly patrolman.
I know the Rogers Park/North Chicago area and his writing reflects what I know of it. I usually do not like American detective stories about American detectives, but I am tempted to delve into another of his series.
I hope Mr. Kaminsky's soul is resting in Eternal peace.
July 11, 2024
Not a strong 4* for me but close. I am sure I would appreciate it more if I were brought up in Chicago during this time frame because it seems to be a pretty good history of the neighborhoods at that time compared to current times. Even though Kaminisky has written a zillion books and has won many prizes in the thriller mystery field this is the first book by him I have ever read. I will probably read some more but maybe because they are dated stories now I probably won’t devour them.
July 29, 2024
This is tagged as a mystery but, as is often the case with Kaminsky's Porfiry Petrovich series, there's really no mystery as to who killed whom, and why. Nevertheless, this was a good read - the characters were well-written, there were good bits of humor here and there, and the action of the plot was strong.
March 14, 2017
Good read but I missed Abe
This 2nd installment of the Lieberman series was well done but had the quality of a bridge from book 1 to subsequent volumes. That's okay though. I love Abe and enjoy being in his world.
This 2nd installment of the Lieberman series was well done but had the quality of a bridge from book 1 to subsequent volumes. That's okay though. I love Abe and enjoy being in his world.
January 7, 2022
Wow. Right book, right time for me. I wasn't sure about how much I liked the series after book 1, but this one supercharged my attachment. Fantastic story with equally compelling character development. The atmospherics are spot on.
March 1, 2023
O rabino e o padre enfrentam uma situação complicada e perigosa.
O rabino é o polícia judeu, que tem um excelente sentido de humor. O padre é o polícia Irlandês que é a personagem trágica.
Bom entretenimento.
O rabino é o polícia judeu, que tem um excelente sentido de humor. O padre é o polícia Irlandês que é a personagem trágica.
Bom entretenimento.
April 24, 2023
Realizing, of course, this is just fiction it does not shed a very good light on any agency. I would hope that no where in America does a police force act as frivolously as the Chicago PD is depicted in this book! It does display very clearly that evil lurks, in the background of all walks of life!
January 22, 2021
As always with the Lieberman series an involved and intriguing story and characters you care about.
June 19, 2022
Always a good story from SK and this one follows suit. Easy to follow plot and clearly defined characters. Loved the narration.
November 21, 2022
This is Kaminsky's best series. You won't be disappointed.
June 29, 2024
Travel brain-candy.
December 20, 2024
I do so enjoy the characters. Lieberman and Hanrahan interaction is sublime in it's genius. The Kaminsky relays the sadness and absurdity of the situation.
November 24, 2009
-#2 of the Abe Lieberman series- The only reason I would continue to read this series is because I really like the characters and I think the author does a great job developing them. The story line in this one was not very satisfying, however. The story is about a cop who shoots his wife and her lover and then barricades himself behind concrete on a tower and demands a meeting with the police chief. There were too many scenes that had little relevance to the actual story and minor characters that participated and didn’t need to. I have every intention on adding #3 to Mount TBR. But it might be in the foothills.
November 1, 2019
Filling the gaps. We already knew that something happened that stalled Captain Kearney's career. In this book — #2 in the Lieberman series — we find out what that something was. A veteran cop with big control issues goes over edge, kills his wife and her lover, and retreats to a heavily fortified bunker on top of a Chicago apartment building. He threatens to blow up the building unless Kearney agrees to meet him on the roof top.
This in one of those oddities where I can't find cover art that matches the actual book even using an ISBN search.
This was another of our Lutrecia read-alouds and #28 on our 2016 read-aloud list.
This in one of those oddities where I can't find cover art that matches the actual book even using an ISBN search.
This was another of our Lutrecia read-alouds and #28 on our 2016 read-aloud list.
January 31, 2010
Stuart Kaminsky writes another good, fast paced, easily readable story.
Bernie Shepard kills his wifa and a fellow cop while they are in bed. Then he barricades himself on a roof that he has rigged with explosives and armed to the teeth. The story revolves around getting hom off the roof, alive or dead without the explosives being set off.
In between, Kaminsky lets us more int the life of Abe Lieberman and his Irish partner, Hanrahan.
I enjoyed this book because the characters are fascinating and lifelike, which I feel is Kaminsky's greatest asset as a writer.
Bernie Shepard kills his wifa and a fellow cop while they are in bed. Then he barricades himself on a roof that he has rigged with explosives and armed to the teeth. The story revolves around getting hom off the roof, alive or dead without the explosives being set off.
In between, Kaminsky lets us more int the life of Abe Lieberman and his Irish partner, Hanrahan.
I enjoyed this book because the characters are fascinating and lifelike, which I feel is Kaminsky's greatest asset as a writer.
April 5, 2016
This one was definitely a different experience than the first Lieberman novel I read. Whereas the first one was a bit more of a mystery, this is more of a stand-off situation and an attempt to understand the mind of a cop gone rogue. The characters of Lieberman and Hanrahan were just as intriguing as in the first novel, and Kaminsky does a great job of setting the scene for the reader. It was fascinating to see the reactions on the different levels all the way up to the mayor to the same events and to get a feel on the pulse of a gritty and all too human Chicago.
September 13, 2016
In this second book in the Abe Lieberman series, a Chicago cop finds his wife playing doctor, as it were, with another officer. He kills them both, then takes his old dog onto the apartment rooftop along with enough explosives to obliterate a large chunk of Chicago. Thus begins the classic standoff. Things get even more dicey when the cop insists that Abe Lieberman be involved in the negotiations.
November 5, 2011
I enjoy these books. Gotta like the 'hound dog' detective, quiet, unassuming, with a sharp wit. I've read most of this series. Thing I never noticed till now, in this book, his partner, Bill H dates Iris, who says she is 57. I a couple books down the road, Iris is pregnant....yeah, I know it CAN be done, but....
Still,, really emjoy the stories.
Still,, really emjoy the stories.
May 12, 2014
A clever premise in this mystery wherein a police officer shoots and kills his wife and a fellow officer when he finds them sharing his bed. He then goes to the roof of his Chicago dwelling where he has prepared for a siege with weapons and protection. Then the plan unfolds and the adventure begins. An easy and pleasant read. My first Kaminsky novel and not my last.
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September 15, 2013I love the Lieberman's series - some lightness, but still a good story. The characters are well-developed, even the seconday ones.
This particular book was one of the best, with a number of surprises throughout the intertwining stories.
This particular book was one of the best, with a number of surprises throughout the intertwining stories.
May 6, 2015
3.5 out of 5
The second book of the Lieberman series, Lieberman's Choice has a straight-forward plot and is an easy read. The characters are well written and feel authentic and the Chicago setting was a plus for me.
The second book of the Lieberman series, Lieberman's Choice has a straight-forward plot and is an easy read. The characters are well written and feel authentic and the Chicago setting was a plus for me.
July 11, 2017
I love Stuart Kaminsky. I didn't enjoy these as much as the Rostnikov series, which I read last year, but this series also has a solid sense of place and well-developed, believable characters.
June 11, 2013
I love Abe Lieberman.
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