Columbo: The Hoover Files (G. K. Hall Nightingale Series Edition) [Large Print]

By William Harrington

Book Overview

The lovable LAPD lieutenant is back at work in the land of the powerful and glitzy, armed with his keen wit, rumpled raincoat, and unlit cigar. Betsy Clendenin is a tell-all biographer to whom nothing is sacred. Her latest project threatens to expose scathing secrets buried in the notorious Hoover files. Frederick Kloss is a wealthy, retired FBI agent to whom J. Edgar Hoover is nothing short of a god. Kloss will stop at nothing to protect Hoover's memory -- including murder. When Betsy Clendenin is killed by a mail bomb that destroys her house -- and her research -- the LAPD turns to Lieutenant Columbo.

• Format: Paperback
• Large Print: Yes
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0783889259
• ISBN13: 9780783889252
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: G K Hall & Co
• Length: 265 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Good Columbo, but research was poor.

Have enjoyed all of the Harrington Columbo's. Great for plane trips or even motel nights while on a Road Trip. This one pleased as always, but I found the shoddy research bothersome. No one in Southern California heats their home with oil and to find a block of up-scale private homes on West Santa Monica Boulevard (let alone be able to close the street because of a bomb) is really a stretch. Outside of that enjoyed the book and the references to previous Columbo books. Hope the series continues (with tighter research).

Pretty good...

This was a pretty good Columbo story. The characters were interesting and the story was well told. The only problems i had with the book was 1) it was too short 2) the killer was way too obvious (even Columbo should have figured it out by page 50!). Still, this book is a great way to spend an afternoon

Good Columbo story

This was a good, but predictable, Columbo story. I just wish they wouldn't tell who did it and why right up front. Would be more fun to try to figure it out right along with Columbo.