Sintflut.

CSI: New York #3

by Stuart M. Kaminsky, Valerie Kurth (Herausgeber), Antje Göring (Übersetzer)

Sintflut Heftige Regenfälle prasseln tagelang auf New York nieder. Die Menschen werden durch Stromschläge von zerrissenen Leitungen und überflutete U-Bahnschächte gefärdet. Doch damit nicht genug: eine Reihe von grausamen Morden erschüttert die Stadt. Und was hat der Tod eines Lehrers und der rätselhafte Einsturz eines Gebäudes mit den Morden zu tun? Mack Taylor und sein Team begeben sich in große Gefahr, um einen Zusammenhang in diesem ganzen Chaos zu erkennen.

Genres: Crime, Mystery, Fiction, Media Tie In, Tv, Detective, Thriller

Hardcover

First published May 22, 2007

About the author

Stuart 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.

Reviews

[Mark · Rating 3 out of 5]

The third CSI:NY book got put aside for the new John Connolly which is not an insult as his annual output belongs to my favorites. The CSI TV show stationed in New York is one of my guilty pleasures and I do enjoy little comments in the book about for example: DNA research takes more time than the general tv shows offer that to the general public.

The book offers three story-lines Mac Taylor & Flack are chasing a serial killer whose target are the sexual predators of our society. They have to make haste before the killer finishes the killing spree.

Lindsay Monroe & Danny Messer are involved in a murder in a elite school where the chemistry teacher has been stabbed with two pencils one in the neck and the other one in the eye. The man is supposed to be a popular teacher, somebody must have had a different opinion.

Stella Bonasera & Sheldon Hawkes are send to the site of a previous bar which seems to have collapsed and Hawkes finds himself trapped in a sinkhole together with the possible perpetrator.

All stories find their solutions and of course they are troubled by serious rainfall hence the title "Deluge". A satisfactory episode of CSI NY there is nothing in this book that deserves great praise and it is just about average and relaxing read with your brain in rest.

[Finn · Rating 5 out of 5]

It reads like an episode, but this one isn't over in 42 minutes. You get to savor it from start to finish.
I haven't seen many episodes but I thoroughly enjoyed reading this CSI:NY novel.

It's a good one. It was worth it.

[Sohxpie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Despite the main story being fairly interesting, the execution of this book was lacking. I struggled to get through it. I think it could have done with another round or two of editing, especially towards the start of the book. At one point there was a full stop in the middle of a sentence! There were a few continuity errors throughout, at one point it felt like the author forgot which character was the focus in that section. I found it incredibly frustrating how much it switched between characters and cases, I often struggle when it switches every chapter so having it switch several times a chapter? You can only imagine. I found it hard to keep up with the story and what was going on. It didn't help that random characters were constantly being introduced all the time as well. When you're two thirds of the way through a story, you expect to have already met the characters that are relevant to the story. Overall, I really didn't get along with this book which is a shame but at the end of the day, it wasn't like I was expecting the best book ever.

[Brigitte · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dit is het derde boek van de CSI NY serie en ik heb er nog steeds mijn twijfels over hoe het komt dat ik niet zo lekker in de verhalen kom. Het boek behandelt 3 moorden, maar het loopt naar mijn gevoel rommelig in elkaar over. Soms moet je echt even goed de verbanden leggen om erachter te komen over welke moord ze het ook weer hebben. Het leest voor mij niet zo lekker weg als de gewone CSI boeken of CSI Miami.

Ik zou het boek wel aanraden aan een csi-fan. Het verhaal is namelijk niet slecht, maar ik zou er wel bijzetten dat ik betere boeken heb gelezen wat betreft csi.

[Kayla Hayes · Rating 3 out of 5]

CSI:NY the televised series was amazing. This book adaptation however, was not so good. It kept me interest just enough to find out what happens, kind of like a low budget movie. The writing was terrible and not discriptive enough for me personally. I will say... When I'm watching the show, I can kind of guess who did it. I wasn't able to guess the criminals in this book but I fear that may have been due to the lack of discription. I do NOT recommend this read.

[Christy · Rating 1 out of 5]

Man this was bad. I loved the CSI:NY show, all the characters, the intrigue, the crime-solving. This book had none of that. The writing was just poor, and three different cases were too many for print. I kept expecting them to all connect at the end and they didn’t. Glorified fanfics should probably stay on the internet.

[Charlotte · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like the TV series better. This isn't a bad book. It gives much more detail. I am not fond of the flipping back and forth between the victims though. I like that this has our favorite characters, it makes it easy to visualize.

[Kristi Einberg · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was an okay book. My first CSI book. Show is better, more interesting (show is my fave out of all of those CSIs). As book went on it got luckily better. Slow tempo book for me.

[Ambersreading · Rating 2 out of 5]

Erg kort en niet echt pakkend doordat het zo kort is en je al snel weet wat er gaat gebeuren.

[Gloria · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyed the TV shows but they didn't have a bit of personality that this book gives us. Really enjoyed the ending giving us a look into the future after the cases have been solved.

[Mary Scott · Rating 1 out of 5]

Started but didn't like. Confusing. Too many characters.

[Kelsey · Rating 3 out of 5]

My Take: Here is a small fact: rain freaks me out. It's not that a fear drowning or I fear the rain itself. I've always been a tad bit fearful of what might be hiding under the dark, grey cover that rain seems to provide more often then not. I'm afraid of what might come with the rain. It's the flooding and mud that swallows your foot and the lightening that terrifies me. It's stupid and irrational, yes, I am very much aware so thank you but I can't help it. Because I'm already afraid of the rain, this book was spooky. I understand that not everyone is afraid of the rain but it's creepy nonetheless. The flooding makes the jobs of the CSIs near impossible but what can you do? Nothing. They have to keep trying anyway.

Also, I've never been one for having names carved into body parts. I didn't see the building issues coming. I loved that twist. The trick with these books is the twists because without them you can lose touch with the story.

If your a fan of the TV show then you should check out the book series. I have quite a few of them. The CSI Miami and NY ones are much better than the regular CSIs but to each his own. This should be on the top of the list though, for sure.

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[LARRY · Rating 1 out of 5]

As posted in [http://www.amazon.com]:

Uh, no. I just could not finish this book. It was a boring read.

There's a heavy and continuous downpour in NYC and there are three crimes that the CSI team need process and solve.

Mac and Don uncover a string of carved victims. Slowly, they realize that they all lead to a man. So, it's a race against time to prevent additional murders from happening.

Lindsay and Danny are investigating the death of a teacher, who is supposed to be loved by the students. Apparently, someone didn't.

Stella and Sheldon investigate a bomb site and a murder at a pub. However, in the midst of their investigation, the pub shakes and crumble, trapping Sheldon and a suspect. It's also a race against time to save the people before the building collapse.

So, there's no real teamwork as they're all split up on three cases. And worse, it's a dry dry dry read.

[Jennifer Wardrip · Rating 3 out of 5]

In all honesty, this wasn't one of my favorite CSI titles, but it wasn't because of the storyline.

There are three separate crimes to be solved in DELUGE, all in the middle of an astonishing amount of rain falling in New York City. One involves the murder of a popular male teacher at an exclusive prep school, one is the findings of several bodies who can all be traced back to one man, and the other is a suspected case of arson that ended up with several dead victims at a small pub.

Although the crimes and the pursuit of the criminals were as entertaining as always, the emotions (or, actually, the lack thereof) of all of the main characters made me dislike the story. CSI: NY is my least favorite of all three CSI shows, and it's for the same reason that I didn't care for DELUGE -- the characters don't connect with each other like the ones on CSI and CSI: MIAMI do.

Overall, though, this is a fast read for CSI fans.

[Danie · Rating 3 out of 5]

What is it with Stuart Kaminsky and extreme weather in his CSI books, heat waves, torrential rain. Yikes. At least he was a bit nicer to Stella in this book.

As the rest of the CSI:NY novels this is a solid piece of work. This was one of my favorites since it had Lindsey on the team, Hawkes as a CSI, as well as Sid as the ME. Sid on the TV show is such a great recurring character and it's no different in this book.

The stories are mostly interesting, one is about a mostly beloved teacher who is found with two pencils stuck in him (one in the neck the other in the eye). The second is about a serial killer who's carving a letter into each of his victims. Finally Stella and Hawkes get enmeshed in an interesting building collapse (and Hawkes gets stuck in a unique situation).

All in all a good book by a good author, with just a bit too much rain.

[Karschtl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mac's team is busy solving three cases at once, for each one twi ppl are responsible. I found the ones about the serial killer and the dead teacher the most interesting, the bomb story was only interesting because of the side-story with Stella and the fireman.

Although this is "only" a book to a TV show, it was very good. Normally they are of a less quality than "real" thriller novels, but this wasn't the case here. The scenes and characters were depicted quite well, the stories were not too suspenseful but still ok.

I'm just not sure, if those cases ever were filmed. I checked the episodes description and didn't find any of the names or events mentioned there. So why write a supplementary novel for a TV show and then don't have an episode about it?

[Sian Wadey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Deluge by Stuart M.Kaminsky

I'm a massive fan of CSI, even if CSI:NY isn't my favourite, so when I realised there were accompanying books I leapt at the chance. Kaminsky knows what the characters are like and how they speak. It's evident he's researched the show. It was great reading new stories about some of my favourite characters. Overall, they're a good, easy read that require practically no imagination because you already know the people and their history. This was one of the better CSI books. I think it's because there are several cases going on, like an actual episode rather than just one or two. However, I did some of the suspects, victims and witnesses mixed up, as in, which case they belonged to.

[Jonathan Gentry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Deluge is the third and final book that Stuart Kaminsky wrote, and the one that I liked the most out of the four that were written. Mac and Don investigate a serial killer who carves initials into their victim's bodies. Danny and Lindsey investigate the death of a teacher at a swanky private school. And my favorite of the three crimes: Stella and Sheldon tackle a mysterious building collapse which winds up putting Sheldon's life in jeopardy. Even though I knew he wouldn't die it was a thrill just to find out how he got out alive.

[Travelling Cari · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book in one day after picking it up from the library yesterday. Nice fluff, typical of Stuart Kaminsky and the CSI: NY books. I liked Stella working with Sheldon, and couldn't shake the feeling that Connor reminded me of someone. Don't know what I thought about Devlin, amusing I think. Like how the author finally tied in some canon and corrected some of the errors from the earlier versions.

[Mauri · Rating 1 out of 5]

Awful. I have no idea why this one sucked so much, considering that the one before it was at least passable. Maybe it was the fact that Hawkes fell into a hole and was trapped and nobody really seemed to care beyond occasionally calling Stella to check in. Maybe it was because yet again, so many pages were dedicated to the perpetrators and their thought processes. I've said it many times, I'll say it again - Could. Not. Care. Less.

[Tracy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fast read with good pacing. Had a few quick moments throughout to highlight each character's personality/some key event from a character's past. Overall, pretty standard TV fiction. Lacked emotion from both the TV characters and original characters, but perhaps this is most true to the show? (I've only seen a few episodes here and there of CSI: NY.) It's probably good travel reading, but nothing for the hardcore literary. Wasn't a bad read, however.

[Άρτεμις Γκ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ένα βιβλίο βασισμένο στην ομώνυμη σειρά! Διαβάζεται ευχάριστα! Στα θετικά ότι εκτυλίσσονται 2-3 διαφορετικές υποθέσεις καθώς επίσης και ότι μας δίνει περισσότερες πληροφορίες για τους θύτες και τα θύματα (σε σχέση με τη σειρά) και έτσι καταλαβαίνουμε καλύτερα την ψυχοσύνθεση τους και τον τρόπο που λειτουργούν!

[Joshua Emil · Rating 5 out of 5]

The storyline is just the same as the TV series. There is some kind of problem here because in reality, crime scene detectives doesn't investigate the crime itself but provide information on scientific data.Since this is fiction, anything could happen.

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Recommended. Kaminsky does a good job of capturing the personalities of all the CSI: NY characters (it was my favourite of the three franchises) with three interesting cases that kept me guessing almost right to the end.

[Natalie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think I liked them better with the other author (Max Allen Collins?). Good plot but not as easy of a read - then again I was coming down with a cold and was exhausted.

[Nicole · Rating 2 out of 5]

Better watched than read, but still interesting.

[Rachel · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an ok read, nothing special.

[ah li · Rating 4 out of 5]

not too bad, but like the show better.

[Monica Willyard Moen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sometimes the villains look like heroes.

[Lesley Chen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Personally, it is more interesting than Four Walls.