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Title: Good 87th Precinct with a Light Touch
Review: You can't go wrong with any 87th Precinct tale but this was has the added attraction of having Fat Ollie from the 88th as a main character. He is a shulb but despite his non-PC take on life the author allows him to still be a good detective. The book uses the ploy of Fat Ollie's stolen manuscript as a subtext. The long quotes from Ollie's book are good as over the top examples of bad writing and are actually blended into the book's plot. The book is a quick and fun read. It is a nice change of pace for the usual 87th crew. The book is written in the time when 9/11 was still hanging over the country. It is poignant to go back to that time of shared feelings.
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