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Wabash Factor
Introduces New York detective Harry Golding whose first case involves a series of "accidental" deaths, the victims all political figures somehow connected to the Central American country of Santa Marina.
Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1986
About the author
E.V. Cunningham
35 books10 followersEV Cunningham is a pseudonym used by author: Howard Fast, and under that name he wrote 21 mystery novels plus two others, one under his own name and one using another pseudonym Walter Ericson.
He was educated at George Washington High School, graduating in 1931. He attended the National Academy of Design in New York before serving with the Office of War Information between 1942 and 1943 and the Army Film Project in 1944.
He became war correspondent in the Far East for 'Esquire' and 'Coronet' magazines in 1945. And after the war he taught at Indiana University, Bloomington, in the summer of 1947, a year in which he was imprisoned for contempt of Congress, concerning his communistic views.
He became the owner of the Blue Heron Press in New York in 1952, a position he held until 1957. And he was the founder of the World Peace Movement and a member of the World Peace Council from 1950 to 1955 and was later a member of the Fellowship for Reconciliation. In 1952 he was an American Labour Party candidate for Congress for the 23rd District of New York.
He received a great many awards between 1933 and 1967.
He married Bette Cohen in 1937 and they had one son and one daughter.
Under his own name he wrote 35 works of fiction plus a variety of history and critical works, short stories, plays and a screenplay, 'The Hessian' (1971) plus a book of verse with William Gropper.
He died died at his home in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, on 12 March 2003.
Gerry Wolstenholme
March 2022
He was educated at George Washington High School, graduating in 1931. He attended the National Academy of Design in New York before serving with the Office of War Information between 1942 and 1943 and the Army Film Project in 1944.
He became war correspondent in the Far East for 'Esquire' and 'Coronet' magazines in 1945. And after the war he taught at Indiana University, Bloomington, in the summer of 1947, a year in which he was imprisoned for contempt of Congress, concerning his communistic views.
He became the owner of the Blue Heron Press in New York in 1952, a position he held until 1957. And he was the founder of the World Peace Movement and a member of the World Peace Council from 1950 to 1955 and was later a member of the Fellowship for Reconciliation. In 1952 he was an American Labour Party candidate for Congress for the 23rd District of New York.
He received a great many awards between 1933 and 1967.
He married Bette Cohen in 1937 and they had one son and one daughter.
Under his own name he wrote 35 works of fiction plus a variety of history and critical works, short stories, plays and a screenplay, 'The Hessian' (1971) plus a book of verse with William Gropper.
He died died at his home in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, on 12 March 2003.
Gerry Wolstenholme
March 2022
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January 16, 2022
PROTAGONIST: Harry Golding, NYPD lieutenant
SETTING: New York City
RATING: 2.5
WHY: An NYPD Jewish cop named Harry Golding and his Irish wife, Fran, meet a charming Israeli politico at a function. The man later dies of a stroke. Harry suspects murder after seeing connections to other recent deaths. I found the book charming at first, due to the bantering yet respectful relationship between Harry and Fran. But then it went downhill, growing more and more ludicrous with every page. There’s some kind of Latin American death squad at work. There are a lot of murders, many of them with no real reason for happening. And bugs have been planted everywhere, including Harry’s desk at work. They seem to be wherever Harry went; I was surprised he didn’t find one in his boxer shorts. The attempts to kill Harry were curiously inept. I’m amazed I finished the book, since it was so flawed.
SETTING: New York City
RATING: 2.5
WHY: An NYPD Jewish cop named Harry Golding and his Irish wife, Fran, meet a charming Israeli politico at a function. The man later dies of a stroke. Harry suspects murder after seeing connections to other recent deaths. I found the book charming at first, due to the bantering yet respectful relationship between Harry and Fran. But then it went downhill, growing more and more ludicrous with every page. There’s some kind of Latin American death squad at work. There are a lot of murders, many of them with no real reason for happening. And bugs have been planted everywhere, including Harry’s desk at work. They seem to be wherever Harry went; I was surprised he didn’t find one in his boxer shorts. The attempts to kill Harry were curiously inept. I’m amazed I finished the book, since it was so flawed.
March 15, 2021
A fun book that got convoluted sometimes.
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