Criminal Conversation

by Evan Hunter

Book Overview

"A special occasion" (Entertainment Weekly) in the celebrated career of Evan Hunter, Criminal Conversation goes deeper than most suspense fiction dares -- inside the intimate, sensual secrets of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446517550
• ISBN13: 9780446517553
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Warner Books (NY)
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Another gritty, erotic tale

Three things stand out in this novel - wonderful characterization, sure knowledge of crime syndicates and an eroticism that threatens to approach soft porn. The story is simple - a mobster falls for a married lady whose husband, a district attorney, happens to be in the midst of an investigation of said Mafia guy. After Andrew rescued her daughter from drowning, straight-laced Sarah falls for and plunges into a dark, forbidden affair with a man 6 years younger. She is consumed by the passion even as her marriage to her hard working, dull, good husband & father drifts slowly apart. She is suddenly desired & wanted & all her pent-up lust is released. At the same time, hubby is moving in for the kill by planting wire taps around the place and sure enough, one night, he hears his wife with another man - the one he wants. The ending is bitter sweet but faithful to the book - in fact, it is quite logical. Sarah steals the show with her wistful longings, motherly concerns, spousal obligations and deep needs. The happy go lucky character of the criminal is well described as well as the day to day grunt work of the law enforcement team. Altogether, a great read.

Fantastic

What a fantastic book! One thing I've noticed about Evan Hunter's novels is that he is able to write about female characters in a way that is utterly convincing to me, a female reader. I still have a little difficulty getting to grips with the fact that Sarah could have been written by a male author!The novel is more 'adult' than Ed McBain novels generally are, and this is worth remembering if you don't like that kind of thing, but this is a great book, and a very good read. Very highly recommended.

Criminal Conversation

This was my first Evan Hunter read...and now I'm hooked. A friend passed it along and I couldn't put it down! That was two years ago, and I'm still talking/raving about it! It's exciting, but easy to read!

The ultimate "show me the good part" book!

Let's get down to brass tacks, for want of a better cliche. This book has the best sex scene in years! Best, as in HOT. Ms. Nin and Mr. De Maupassant are beginners compared to this carefullly crafted ten-or-so pages. So, if that's what you're looking for, throw away your Penthouse Letters and get ready for something 100 times better. Oh yeah, the rest of the book was pretty cool, too.

Wonderfully Wicked

Reading this book was like eaves dropping on other persons conversations. At times I felt guilty for listening (I heard it through an unabridged audio book), but I couldn't put it down. Although I had to commend the DA for his determination in nailing the mob leader -- who had been involved in murder, I also liked the mob leader. The story was strong and involving, and the plot very plausible. The main characters are developed well enough to allow the reader to actually care what happens to them. Towards the end of the book I didn't know whose side I should be on! This book gets a thumbs up from me and a coworker who listened after I did--although I must admit, while he loved the ending, I would have preferred another. Anyway, out of my inventory of audio books -- of which he's heard around 30 -- he found this book to be the best so far. No small feat--he's VERY picky. (The book gets a 9 only because I wanted a different ending!)