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Manhattan is My Beat (Rune Trilogy) (Paperback)

by Jeffery Deaver (Author)
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  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Coronet (1 Feb 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0340793112
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340793114
  • Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 10.6 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 265,227 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Highly original and very entertaining'


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'Highly original and very entertaining' (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine )

'Deaver writes with clarity, compassion, and intelligence, and with a decidedly human and contemporary slant'
-- (Publishers Weekly )

'Deaver is a master of ticking-bomb suspense!' (People Magazine )
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3.0 out of 5 stars AN EASY AND BREEZY PAGE TURNING READ..., 9 Nov 2002
By Lawyeraau (Balmoral Castle) - See all my reviews
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This is one of the author's earlier works, and while it is not one of his best efforts, it is still a cut above what is currently proferred by other writers of this genre. Jeffrey Deaver writes with a decidely contemporary feel, his prose always spare and lean. While he does not dwell unduly on character development, it does not deter from the book, as it is wholly plot driven, with enough twists and turns to keep the reader guessing until the last minute. It makes for a quick, enjoyable read.

The book revolves around a decades old bank robbery in which the million dollars heisted was never recovered. This robbery was memorialized in an old bete noire film entitled Manhattan is My Beat. Enter the story's unlikely heroine, twenty year old Rune of the purple hair, who work in a video store, squats in an abandoned loft which she calls home, and has an imagination that doesn't quit. When one of her video customers is killed execution style in his apartment, Rune is drawn into events of the past, as they converge upon the present. The now dead customer had repeatedly rented the film Manhattan is My Beat, and Rune firmly believes that there is a connection between his death and the age old bank heist. Her do or die resolve to discover why her customer was killed leads the moxie endowed Rune on a merry and dangerous chase. It is one which keeps the reader fully engaged and entertained.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Easy and enjoyable, 16 April 2003
By M. V. Clarke (Durham, UK) - See all my reviews
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This, the first of three novels featuring Rune, a young prospective film maker in New York, is Jeffery Deaver's earliest novel. It is a good read, though not as good as some of his later books, notably the Lincoln Rhyme series. Rune is a likeable character, though one feels that the other people in the story are rather underdeveloped. Nonetheless, a good and easy read, with characteristic Deaver twists. Worth reading.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Interesting but somewhat childish thriller, 10 Aug 2000
By doubledown11_1999@yahoo.com (Canterbury, England) - See all my reviews
This novel from early in Deaver's career illustrates the themes that would later make 'The Devil's Teardrop' such a great thriller. Occasionally interesting characters act out the story but any type of credibility is blown early on when the heroine talks a detective into revealing important details about a murder investigation because, we're expected to believe, she's a spunky individual.

It's an easy read for sure, but lacking in any real sense of danger with paper cut out mobsters who allow a young girl to give them the run around instead of shooting her...

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4.0 out of 5 stars A good read
This is one of the author's earlier novels when he was, perhaps, still finding his feet, but it's still a good book with an intriguing plot. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Peter Smith

3.0 out of 5 stars Deaver can do better
Deaver's protagonist in this book is a young woman with a vivid imagination. In fact she lives in a fairy tale world. Read more
Published on 12 Jun 2002 by pennymwood2

2.0 out of 5 stars Read his later books
It seems as if Jeffery Deaver's success with his later novels have meant some of his earlier books have now been published on this side of the Atlantic, and this is one of them... Read more
Published on 6 Mar 2002

3.0 out of 5 stars More interesting in second half
The story line is not that great compare to other Deaver books, but what makes this book so interesting is second half. Read more
Published on 20 Mar 2001 by atul_b_malviya@hotmail.com

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