- Mass Market Paperback: 213 pages
- Publisher: Ballantine Books Inc.; 1st Ballantine Books Ed edition (Sep 1991)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0345360281
- ISBN-13: 978-0345360281
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.4 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,987,904 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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When seventeen-year-old Todd Steeb has been missing for eight days, his wealthy parents hire Thomas Black to investigate. Faith Steeb is worried by her son's obsession with suicide, though her husband dismisses it as youthful "deviance." Aided by his lawyer friend Kathy Birchfield, Black finds forgotten crime, buried treasure, possible murder, and enough "deviant" behavior to blow Seattle off the map.
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Format:Mass Market Paperback
I enjoyed Emerson's "Deviant Behavior" greatly! Not only because of the "hero" Thomas Black, but because it is located here in Seattle, WA and is incredibly accurate as to locations, etc. Question for anyone: Read Raymond Chandler's "The Lady In The Lake" last week. Our instructor indicated today that Emerson perhaps stole something from Chandler. I cannot find what this might be. Can anyone help me with this? Many thanks. (Loved both books, by the way.)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Excellent! Would like to compare it to "The Lady In The Lake
13 May 1999
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I enjoyed Emerson's "Deviant Behavior" greatly! Not only because of the "hero" Thomas Black, but because it is located here in Seattle, WA and is incredibly accurate as to locations, etc. Question for anyone: Read Raymond Chandler's "The Lady In The Lake" last week. Our instructor indicated today that Emerson perhaps stole something from Chandler. I cannot find what this might be. Can anyone help me with this? Many thanks. (Loved both books, by the way.)
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
A page turner!
13 Jan 2002
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Another good addition to the Thomas Black series. A light, entertaining book - and series - which keeps you laughing, thinking and turning the pages to the final chapter. A fun read.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Black's Decent "Behavior"
25 May 2001
Format:Mass Market Paperback
"Deviant Behavior" was the first novel in the Thomas Black P.I. series that I have read. I am a huge P.I. fiction fan, and on the basis of this novel I would place Earl W. Emmerson's hero only a notch or so below masters like Raymond Chandler, Lawrence Block and Loren Estleman. Black is not as quick with a metaphor as the best P.I.s, nor is he as world weary or cynical. And Emmerson leaves a lot of the details of his story a little fuzzy around the edges. But the central mystery in "Deviant Behavior" held my interest and it raises some interesting points about the human capacity for guilt and mistrust. The ending may stretch credibility a bit, but overall the novel is a good one for P.I. fiction fans. I guess the best recommendation I can give is that I do plan to spend some more time with Mr. Black in the future.
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