Liebermans Day, Stuart M. Kaminsky
Liebermans Day, Stuart M. Kaminsky
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Lieberman's Day

Author: Stuart M. Kaminsky

Narrator: Stuart M. Kaminsky

Unabridged: 7 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/18/2021

Synopsis

A Chicago cop is out to avenge his nephew's murder in this "masterly creation" that puts the Edgar Award–winning author in "the Parker/Paretsky league" (Chicago Tribune).

When you're a sixty-two-year-old cop with bad knees, most days feel pretty long. But the longest day of Abe Lieberman's life begins just after midnight when he learns his nephew David has been shot dead and David's pregnant wife has been gravely injured by two gunmen trying to rob the couple. Now Carol is barely clinging to life, and it's up to Lieberman to track down the killers.

With the help of his partner, the troubled alcoholic Bill Hanrahan, Lieberman will turn the city upside down to find the men who stole his nephew's bright future. But as they step out into the howling Chicago wind, it's clear both partners will need to fight to survive the day that started out terrible and is about to get a lot worse.

This day in the life of two veteran Chicago cops is "beautifully rendered . . . Kaminsky is extraordinarily attuned to the domestic minutiae of his detectives' lives" (The New York Times Book Review).

About Stuart M. Kaminsky

Stuart M. Kaminsky (1934-2009) was one of the most prolific crime fiction authors of the last four decades. Born in Chicago, he spent his youth immersed in pulp fiction and classic cinema-two forms of popular entertainment which he would make his life's work. After college and a stint in the army, Kaminsky wrote film criticism and biographies of the great actors and directors of Hollywood's Golden Age. In 1977, when a planned biography of Charlton Heston fell through, Kaminsky wrote Bullet for a Star, his first Toby Peters novel, beginning a fiction career that would last the rest of his life.

Kaminsky penned twenty-four novels starring the detective, whom he described as "the anti-Philip Marlowe." In 1981's Death of a Dissident, Kaminsky debuted Moscow police detective Porfiry Rostnikov, whose stories were praised for their accurate depiction of Soviet life. His other two series starred Abe Lieberman, a hardened Chicago cop, and Lew Fonseca, a process server. In all, Kaminsky wrote more than sixty novels. He died in St. Louis in 2009.

Reviews

Goodreads review by H (no longer expecting notifications) Balikov on September 19, 2015

This may be THE BEST POLICE PROCEDURAL EVER WRITTEN. Stuart Kaminsky flies under the radar compared to other mystery writers even though he has received his peers highest accolades and awards. His experiences: growing up in gritty Chicago; serving as a medic in the Army; on the Northwestern Universi......more

Goodreads review by Helen on October 27, 2019

I love these books by Kaminsky. These are as good if not better than his Toby Peters stories which are wonderful. Great characters. I wish he would write more.......more

Goodreads review by Cindy B. on June 22, 2022

Interesting character development in this episode of the series, lots of twists and turns in the storyline. Narrator did his usual excellent performance.......more

Goodreads review by Bob on December 09, 2024

Summary: Abe’s nephew is killed and his wife shot in a mugging while a murderer stalks the abused ex-wife Hanrahan is sheltering. Moments after walking out the door from a dinner party on a cold winter night, David Lieberman and his wife Carol confront two muggers. Things go awry and one mugger shoot......more

Goodreads review by Burns on March 16, 2023

4 stars: The author, Stuart M. Kaminsky, had a well-developed sense for character. As was the case with his entertaining Porfiry Rostnikov series, Kaminsky unfurled the conflicts and charms of his main character, Chicago detective sergeant Abe Lieberman, over the course of the first few books in the......more

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