Bøker av Lenny Kleinfeld

CHOSEN FOR: NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF 2014--Smart, edgy and profane, a rollicking caper you constantly think you've got figured out until you don't. This book is fun. Loads of fun. Clever, well-paced plot and terrifically real characters... A sharp insider's look at the urban art scene, and an especially addictive narrative voice... There's one thing more to point out while recommending the hell out of this book: The humanity of it. And that is so refreshing in a Gritty Urban Detective Yarn. (Wayne Alan Brenner, The Austin Chronicle)Thriller of the Month/July 2014--There are cops, a psychotically brilliant business plan, dead artists, living artists, mobsters, an upstart FBI agent, corrupt officials walking City Hall, and an art dealer with skin a curiously Dorian shade of Gray. Set in modern-day Chicago, Kleinfeld's style is slick and playful. The comedy is black and funny, the pace fast. His writing is cinematically visual. He captures in print what the Coen brothers do so brilliantly with their heightened realities on screen. Think plot-driven Tarantino, or The Godfather with wit. (Sophie Scott, e-Thriller.Com) Let me tell you about Lenny Kleinfeld's wild and witty Some Dead Genius. Kleinfeld's fast-paced books are likely to appeal to fans of Elmore Leonard and Carl Hiaasen. This hardboiled black comedy involves a series of artists' murders investigated by the pair of smart, cynical cops. Chicago locations are put to good use; at one point, the cops pursue the killers through the Art Institute in an extended cinematic scene that could have been choreographed by Quentin Tarantino, had he channeled the Marx Brothers. (Georgette Spelvin, Read Me Deadly.com)"Some Dead Genius continues Lenny Kleinfeld's romp through Chicago's dark side that began in Shooters and Chasers. Again Kleinfeld takes readers to the edge of believability-this time through the art world- but manages to deliver the one-two punch of dark humor and beautiful prose that only an exceptional crime novel set in Chicago can manage. And SDG is exceptional. I recommend it highly."-Libby Fischer Hellman, author of Havana Lost and Set The Night On Fire"With his hardboiled black comedy Some Dead Genius, Lenny Kleinfeld has now written two of the funniest mysteries I've ever read. But more than funny, both books are tight, fast-paced, well-crafted crime fiction."-Jeffrey Siger, author of the Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis Mysteries"Kleinfeld is one of the most original and thrilling crime writers working. Some Dead Genius is a hilarious caper with more layers than a Jackson Pollock canvas. It's Damon Runyon meets de Kooning."-Jacki Lyden, NPR Host & Correspondent, and author of the international bestseller, Daughter Of The Queen Of Sheba

"Great work-This might be what Mark Twain would sound like if he wrote crime."--Jeffrey Siger, New York Times acclaimed author of the Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis Mysteries Makro, the world's largest ride-hail service, has a human resources problem. A gunman is methodically murdering their drivers in Chicago.Det. Mark Bergman is dealing with core competency and personal fulfillment issues: His recently acquired celebrity status as the city's most lethal cop is messing with his work, and his recently acquired love life is a transatlantic disaster.Meanwhile, the American Gun Association is having no problems at all. They're funding a flashy multimedia campaign to eliminate Illinois' handgun permit restrictions, and it's working perfectly.Then there's the racist militia, a paranoid snitch, a tense fundraiser at the Lyric Opera and Liechtenstein's banking regulations."Another bulls-eye for Lenny Kleinfeld. He targets celebrity culture and the gun lobby with a lethal weapon: his wit. Shooting Lessons is so good, so mordant, so wildly imaginative that you don't want these cops to get their man a moment too soon."-Jacki Lyden, author of the international bestseller, Daughter Of The Queen Of Sheba