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Title details for The Broken Hearts Club by Ethan Black - Available

The Broken Hearts Club

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by Ethan Black
John Rubinstein
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A banker with a devil-may-care attitude-and a smile that conceals a devilish impulse. A literary agent who is quick to anger and much too easy to manipulate. A mechanic with a desperate need to be liked by everyone-no matter the cost. And a psychologist who keeps all their secrets especially his own. . . THE BROKEN HEARTS CLUB They meet every week in the dingy back room of Mackey's Steak and Ale Tavern in New York City. An informal group of men with one thing in common: They all suffer the sting of a broken heart. Soon anger turns to hate, rejection turns to rage, and the Broken Hearts Club spins violently out of control-exploding into murderous acts of vengeance. Detective Voort is assigned the case, determined to catch an exclusive killer who is always one death ahead, who appears to switch identities with each new victim, and who knows how to cover his tracks with cold efficiency. Breaking up may be hard to do. . with the Broken Hearts Club it's fatal.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Conrad Voort

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    April 17, 2007

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • File size: 97270 KB
      • Duration: 03:22:38

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from January 4, 1999
      This well-paced psycho-thriller debut about a group of lovelorn New York City men manages to transcend occasionally awkward prose on the strength of journalist Black's unusual ability to arouse an emotional response. The Broken Hearts Club (whose members include the Banker, the Mechanic, the Agent and the Reluctant Patient, who never shows up) is a therapy group of rejected suitors that meets each Thursday in the back room of a tavern overlooking the West Side Highway, facilitated by psychologist Dr. Ian Bainbridge, who collects case histories to use in articles that enhance his professional standing. The processing of their unresolved rage plays out in the brutal murder of The Banker's former mistress. Meanwhile, the idyllic affair of NYPD's richest cop, detective Conrad Voort, with the beautiful, erotic Camilla Ryan, suddenly falls apart. As the "BHC" murders continue, a hotline call from an "anonymous" doctor directs Voort to investigate The Banker. But after a promising start, the trail seems to vanish into thin air. Time after time, other heartening clues lead to a dead end. When Camilla wrongly accuses Voort of stalking her, the paradoxical trail leads back to Bainbridge, and the fiendish machinations among the characters force a so-so denouement. Black fashions some terrific dialogue and keeps the scenes rolling in punchy succession. The iconoclastic Voort could well augur the advent of a sexy, savvy, highly charismatic new icon in popular crime fiction, if Black pays better attention to crafting. Major ad/promo; Literary Guild, Doubleday Book Club, Mystery Guild selections.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

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