Killed in Fringe Time: A Matt Cobb Mystery

by William L. DeAndrea

Book Overview

Matt Cobb, TV network vice president in change of special programming, finds himself lethally involved in a new mystery when his network's most popular talk-show host is suddenly murdered. By the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0684814986
• ISBN13: 9780684814988
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

fast-paced, well-done, and very funny--4.5*s

It's pretty rare for me to laugh out loud reading a book, esp. a mystery novel--but that's what I did--time and again--with this book. I've read DeAndrea's fine "Hog Murders" with his other protagonist, professor Bennedetti. This was my first Matt Cobb series--I plan to read more. Most of the funny parts were in context--difficult to repeat here. But, I liked some of his observations--p. 16: "In order to be truly hip, you've got to spend a lot of money on really useless things." Also liked his reference to Sue Grafton--p. 229: "Kinsey Milhone could not have said it better." The tone of the book reminds me of Lawrence Block's burglar series, but it's even funnier. The mystery is good and the author plays fair with the reader too. I did figure out part of it, but there's an interesting twist at the end regarding motive. Enjoy! I intend to read more DeAndrea soon.

Excellent book in classic mystery tradition

Very cleverly constructed fair-play detective novel; reminded me of some of Ellery Queen's best. And DeAndrea has a talent for constructing engaging, appealing characters.