Saratoga Bestiary: A Charlie Bradshaw Mystery

By Stephen Dobyns

Book Overview

What's Super Bowl Sunday without a little gambling party in Saratoga Springs? By bedtime, private detective Charlie Bradshaw's a busy man. The bash has been robbed, Charlie hasn't recovered a stolen... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140106138
• ISBN13: 9780140106138
• Release Date: July 1990
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.2" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

Is There Anything Dobyns Can't Do?

Better known for his poetry, Dobyns has shown his mastery of the mystery genre as well. This addition to the Saratoga series is especially great, but I have yet to read one that's poor or even just good; each one has been excellent. Dobyns talent is in taking the conventions of the typical mystery and giving them a facelift. Saratoga Bestiary--and the other Saratoga books--are filled with comedy, excellent characterization, and a poet's flair for masterful language and dialogue. I found myself strangely attached to the characters in a way that I haven't been since adolescence. I highly, highly reccomend this series of books--even if you don't like mysteries as I didn't--as well as the rest of Dobyns work.