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A Creative Kind of Killer
The Sweatshop Boutique in Manhattan's trendy SoHo is one of those places where outrageously garbed mannequins sport fright wigs and lots of heavy metal, all the better to arrest passersby. A mannequin bleeding from the head, however, strikes the residents as taking punk a bit far. They're right; the blood is real and so is the mannequin. Lots of long-time SoHo residents don't approve of the transformation the art crowd has brought to the area. But Fortune Fanelli, ex-cop turned private investigator (thanks to a smart investment) and single parent of two, likes his old neighborhood in its chic and glitzy guise. He also like to work, and so sets himself to the task of finding your Jennifer Baker's killer, whose trail snakes along the underbelly of arty SoHo where drug smuggling, runaway children, kiddie pornography, and legions of hustlers crowd. Surprise after surprise assures a fast paced and suspenseful foray into the darker reaches of New York's hottest art scene. For Fortune Fanelli---off-beat, infinitely likeable, and thoroughly modern---and his creator, Jack Early, A CREATIVE KIND OF KILER marks an impressive and memorable debut.
400 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1984
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March 7, 2012
got A CREATIVE KIND OF KILLER in ebook form that was free.The plot of the book was very interesting, it's about a girl that was killed ,and Fortune Fanelli a former detective,and the main character had to figure out who had killed this girl,and why?For me there were entirely to many typos, and a few spelling errors in the story line.Like the number 1 in place of the the letter I.Also another thing Fortune who was a little bit unsure of him self at times( would use the word maybe) as though what he was thinking or saying wasn't factual. Also what got me was Fortune was being(to me) a little bit to descriptive about certain things.For example: the person who he meet or came into contact with, he would describe what they were wearing in which it took(I think) away from the main purpose of ther story.As I was read on in the book Fortune would every now ,and then reminisce on certain things,or place,and people as if we(the reader) would know who, what,and where he was talking about. It was an OK read.
September 24, 2018
One, if not my most favorite book. The first time I read this it was in 8th grade, I haven't been able to stop rereading it since! Extremely well written and keeps you on the edge with each turn of the page.
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