The Ice Pick

By Howard McMillen

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0970006608
• ISBN13: 9780970006608
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Cedar Woods Pr
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Humor and Mystery all in one

After first picking this book up, I couldn't put it down. Mysteries don't normally intrique me, but McMillen spawned an intricate plot with an enormous amount of humor. The characters are all "straight to the point" people, and the dialogue and emotions are very realistic. This book made me think, laugh, but most of all proud---it was very exciting that my own university advisor published a book, while I was one of his students. I recommend this book to anyone who doesn't want to read the same old boring stuff.

Readers need an open mind to approach this book:

McMillen's Darren Crawford has repetetive and circular arguments dealing with the question as to whether his wife is being unfaithful to him, which can be tiresome. He is just showing his obsessive stubborn side that will not give up the dilema handed to him. So Crawford isn't Sherlock Holmes, but the reader has a chance to share in the detective work. McMillen can appear offensive, but if you can allow some of the more scrufty moments pass by, then it can take on an air of irony. The epilogue hilarious and that alone makes the read worth it.