The Cooperman Variations: A Benny Cooperman Mystery (Benny Cooperman Mysteries) - Hardcover

Engel, Howard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1585672335 ISBN 13: 9781585672332

Publisher: Overlook Books, 2002

Synopsis

Benny Cooperman is a detective with flair, known and loved the world over as a witty, egg salad-loving, Jewish gentleman sleuth. This kinder, gentler detective-funny, smart, and squeamish about violence-is the creation of master of the genre Howard Engel, and readers stretch now to thirteen countries, from his native Canada to Japan, England, Germany, Italy, Spain, Denmark, and the US.

About this title

About the Author:

Howard Engel is the winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for crime fiction. He is a founding member of the Crime Writer's Association of Canada, where his private eye has been described as a cherished national institution.

From Booklist:

The new installment of the Canadian novelist's popular private-eye series finds perpetually struggling investigator Benny Cooperman leaving his usual setting--the fictional Ontario city of Grantham--and taking up temporary residence in the bustling metropolis of Toronto, where he's signed on as bodyguard to an old high-school acquaintance. Television exec Vanessa Moss was the object of Benny's adolescent affections, although she never knew it. Now he must protect her from some unnamed killers, despite her insistence on putting herself at risk at every possible opportunity. As usual, Benny fumbles his way through the case but eventually sorts out lies from truth and bad guys from good guys. This is a charming series (imagine Sam Spade as played by Woody Allen, or perhaps Jon Lovitz); readers new to Benny's world may find themselves a little confused from time to time, but this is only a minor inconvenience. Benny is a wonderful narrator, and once readers have spent a few minutes with him, they will feel like they've known him all their lives. Great fun. David Pitt
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About this edition

• Publisher: Overlook Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1585672335
• ISBN 13: 9781585672332
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 279