Romance

By Ed McBain

Book Overview

It's not a mystery, it's a story of survival and triumph. That's what some people say about Romance, a would-be hit play about an actress pursued by a knife-wielding stalker. But isn't it romantic!... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446602809
• ISBN13: 9780446602808
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Had to have the audio too

Fine,excellent work of the artist McBain/Hunter-as can be expected everytime.After reading the book,I couldn't resist to buy the audio too,so I can enjoy twice as much...

Another good one

I enjoyed this book very much. I thought I had it figured out..and then I didn't and then I did. But then that's how it's supposed to go, right? (smile)Ed McBain is my favorite mystery writer. Though Romance isn't my favorite book in the series it did rank up there. I really enjoyed getting into the personal life of Kling. It's about time he found true love.

It's different and a departure...but in a good way.

I liked this Mcbain book because as usual it has all the plot twists and sharp dialogue any Mcbain fan would expect. It's not anywhere near as gruesome as his other novels (eg. rape scene in Nocturne made my stomach turn), but it is still a gritty tale. I give Mcbain credit for using the play within a play idea and creating a double reality for the reader. The characters in the book are all actors in Mcbain's play in the end. I also give him credit for giving Kling a love interest and having the guts to make it an interracial one at that. Mcbain is expanding and its exciting to see where he takes these new avenues. I like Romance, read it with an open mind and a sense of humour.

Very Interesting

This book is very interesting to read and keeps one glued to the book until the end of it. It is about a stage play actress who fakes a stabbing to be popular and manages to make it to the press and the media but unfortunately she gets stabbed in real too. She was an actress playing in a drama called Romance in which she was playing an actress and was playing in the drama called the Romance.So it is all very complicated about Romances¨.Everything is called Romance here but for the 87th Preceint it is to solve the murder of the actress. But don't worry the book is not very complicated to read.Happy Reading!

I enjoyed this immensely

I love the 87th Precinct series because of the variety from book to book. Some involve serial murders and have a very heavy atmosphere throughout the book while others have a more light-hearted approach to the crimes they are investigating. I also love learning more about the characters' personal lives as the series develops. Romance had me laughing out loud while still keeping me glued to each page and I find myself wishing that the fictional character of Bert Kling has finally found a life-long love interest.