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Little Odessa Kindle Edition

by Joseph Koenig (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.3 3.3 out of 5 stars 14 ratings
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In the grimy hell of Brighton Beach, a stripper needs smarts to surviveIn the waning years of the Soviet Union, only the very young or very old are allowed to immigrate to the United States. Places like Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach—or, as residents call it, “Little Odessa”—are flooded with teenage strivers eager to shake their accents and take what America has to offer. Kate Piro is as ambitious as they come, but her pluck only gets her as far as Times Square’s Starlight Club, where she dances naked under the stage name M. Anita Supreme. After being assaulted by a drunken Nigerian diplomat, Kate meets a kindly cop who falls hard for the headstrong stripper. He wants to save her—or at least sleep with her—but Kate doesn’t need his help. She’s determined to get out of Brighton Beach, even though every man she meets drags her deeper into a cesspit of sleaze, vice, and murder.
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    MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
  5. Publication date
    June 19, 2012
  6. File size
    1930 KB
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“Fine, often comic, and entirely original.” —The Washington Post Book World “A superior piece of work.” —The New York Times Book Review “Everyone has a thoroughly good time in this brisk walk on the city’s wilder side.” —Newsday

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Here is a tough, sexy, brilliant new crime thriller by the author of Floater that takes the reader on a highly entertaining tour of New York City's sleazier side.
Kate Piro was born in Odessa, Russia, but now lives in Brighton Beach, a neighborhood so heavily Russian that its residents call it "Little Odessa. Kate calls herself "Little Odessa" as well when she works the floor show at the Arabian Knights as a belly dancer with more curves than talent. Kate has no trouble attracting men, but they're about to get her into some complicated trouble. Her pot-smoking and -dealing boyfriend Nathan Metrevelli is a dropout from the American dream. Former New York City detective Stanley Bucyk is always a bit too eager to help Kate out of a jam. The shadowy Israeli restaurant owner Howard Ormont (a.k.a. Abu Safwat Khader) wants her to be his business partner--and his bed partner. And the slimily charming housebreaker Harry Lema at first drops by to rob Ormont's house, and then can't seem to tear himself away from either the scene of the crime or from Kate. He ends up being her only ally in the midst of dangerous games of bluff and double cross being played around Kate--a well-stacked pawn.
Little Odessa is a gritty novel with all the right moves--sharp, realistic dialogue, extensive inside knowledge of New York's shadier pursuits, and unfashionable neighborhoods, a delightfully tricky plot in which the good guys and bad guys constantly switch places, a violent climax aboard a Coney Island roller coaster. It confirms its author as one of the very best new American crime writers.

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0087GZG8A
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ MysteriousPress.com/Open Road (June 19, 2012)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 19, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1930 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 462 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.3 3.3 out of 5 stars 14 ratings

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3.3 out of 5 stars
3.3 out of 5
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snafu59
4.0 out of 5 stars enjoyable
Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2014
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Enjoyable read, a little different than everything else. The main woman character was so dumb, it was kind of a turn off, but I guess that dumb people are out there...
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Shirley McGleish
3.0 out of 5 stars It wasn't always believable and the plot was a bit ...
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2015
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It wasn't always believable and the plot was a bit insane but I still read it to the very end wondering where Kate would end up and with who.
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zel22
5.0 out of 5 stars Old Fashioned Noir-and I loved it
Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2012
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I have found a new author to follow. This work was like an excursion to the Brooklyn of my youth with its description of the Brighton/Coney Island places I frequented. It was even better to be accompanied by a noir style story with the requisite flawed characters, dark themes and taught, but occasionally humorous writing. I can't wait to get more of the authors works.
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Torolover
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2014
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OK book.
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jacoby
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2015
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Nice read
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Jayfred
1.0 out of 5 stars Not recommended.
Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2017
A poorly written crime "thriller".
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JudyC
5.0 out of 5 stars VERY ENJOYABLE, HUMOROUS AND OCCASIONALLY RIVETING BOOK
Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2014
I just discovered this author and really enjoyed this particular book. It gives a sense of the time and place in Brooklyn, Brighton Beach and a place called Little Odessa. It kept my attention because the pacing was good and the tension was raised and lowered appropriately.
GOOD READ
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4.0 out of 5 stars Action tale
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2014
Good characters . Kept interest with some plot twists and turns.would have liked more description of city parks and buildings.
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Stuart M. Flanders
5.0 out of 5 stars Back to basics.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 4, 2013
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I'm giving this book to a very good friend of mine for his 65th birthday.
For a long time now he's been complaining about the general poor quality of crime novels (he misses Spade, Archer and Marlow.)
Hopefully, in some small way this will renew his faith.
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