- Hardcover: 269 pages
- Publisher: Forge (Dec 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0765304627
- ISBN-13: 978-0765304629
- Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 14.7 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,409,599 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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MIDNIGHT PASS, Stuart M Kaminsky.
Recently widowed, Lew Fonesca is trying to come to terms with living his life. Just trying to get by. His wife was killed in a car wreck.
He is still in the process of grieving. He takes small-time jobs, process serving and occasionally tracking down missing persons, in his home place of Sarasota, Florida.
The local minister, Reverend Wilkins asks Lew to find the whereabouts of Council Member, William Trasker who has gone missing just before a crucial vote. The vote is concerning the opening of Midnight Pass.The vote of William Trasker, if placed at the forthcoming meeting, would have disastrous results for business entrepreneur Kevin Hoffman who has a financial interest in Midnight Pass.
To say that Midnight Pass is just an out and out mystery investigation would be to do it an injustice. Added to the progressive and suspenseful story line, small characters meanful in the life of Lew, are presented to the reader. His continuing friendship with his `adopted` family of Flo Zink, Adele, and the baby, named after his late wife, Catherine. Digger, a down and out, coming to terms with life and finally, with a subtle prompting from Lew claims himself a job as a dance instructer
As the investigation continues, the body count starts to mount. Thoughout all of this and right up to the end of the novel, which is both action filled and suspenseful, Lew keeps regular appointments undergoing in his grief therapy, with his psychologist, Ann Howorwitz. Ann states her charges would be, twenty dollars an hour. If ten dollars were not feasible, ten would have to do, but nothing less then ten. This in a way sets the tone of the novel.
The excellent writing skills of Stuart M Kaminsky, ensured for me, that there was never a wasted sentence. Several sub plots run alongside the main storyline. One of these, concerning Janice Severtson and the man she has run away with, Stark, could have formed a basis for a novel on it's own merits. Every event, or minor event, lead seamlessly onto the next, creating with it an anticipation that earns, in my opinion, the worthy expression of `page turner`.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Fonesca's Fantastic!
2 Dec 2003
Format:Hardcover
Lew Fonesca is my favorite fiction character, bar none. Kaminsky has created a character who perfectly balances today's angst with yesterday's 'work, don't think' ethics. He struggles with his depression emotionally, while doing the right things physically. He hides in old movies and exercising, but is able to put those indulgences aside when needed.
The mystery is solid in Midnight Pass, as in all Kaminsky books. But it's the character development of Lew Fonesca that offers several laugh-out-loud moments, and a few tears to be wiped away. The book is somewhat dark, but not in an angst-ridden way. The humor is subtle and intelligent. A top-notch book in an excellent series.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Fonesca is no Rostnikov
16 Nov 2004
Format:Hardcover
After hugely enjoying all of the P. P. Rostnikov novels, this was a great disappointment. I could never muster much interest or empathy toward any of the characters, most of whom seemed to be pasteboard cut-outs. The book never elicited the can't-put-it-down absorbtion of Kaminsky's Russian tales or most of the books of Michael Connelly, Archer Mayor, Peter Robinson, Colin Dexter, or John Harvey.
One of the main strengths of the Rostnikov stories was their exotic and convincing Russian setting. Florida culture and the marginal characters in this book were all too familiar to add interest to the tale.
One of the main strengths of the Rostnikov stories was their exotic and convincing Russian setting. Florida culture and the marginal characters in this book were all too familiar to add interest to the tale.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Lew's not macho, but he gets the job done.
30 Dec 2003
Format:Hardcover
The hero in Stuart Kaminsky's latest book, "Midnight Pass," is Lew Fonesca. Lew is a sad sack who has been chronically depressed since his wife was killed in a hit and run accident. To make ends meet, Lew works as process server in Sarasota, Florida. He does not look forward to the future, which he is positive will be bleak. He sports a well-worn Chicago Cubs cap on his balding head, and he has little use for material possessions. His friends are an odd assortment of people, quite a few of whom live on the fringes of society.
What makes this seemingly unprepossessing man worth caring about? First of all, Lew has a soft and compassionate nature. He always offers assistance to those who have been battered by life, including Adele, a young unwed mother, Flo, a recovering alcoholic, and Digger, a homeless man. In addition, although Lew is not a licensed private investigator, he is an excellent sleuth. In "Midnight Pass," Lew is hired to track down a missing wife for her distraught husband. Lew also attempts to give a dying cancer patient the opportunity to fulfill his final wish.
Kaminsky tells his story in a spare, quirky, and whimsical way. He presents an off-the-wall cast of characters who say outrageous things with a straight face. Lew's sessions with his deadpan psychologist, Ann Horowitz, are both funny and poignant. Although the mystery in "Midnight Pass" is engrossing enough, it is fairly conventional. However, Kaminsky's colorful characters and his engaging writing style will have readers clamoring for more adventures with the inimitable Lew Fonesca.
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