Fat Ollie's Book : A Novel of the 87th Precinct (Paperback)

from PaulaGalvan

Detective/First Grade Oliver Wendell Weeks - nicknamed Fat Ollie - has written a book that gets stolen out of his car while he's investigating a murder. As he searches for the murderer and the thief, the culprits all seem to intersect in very strange ways. Full of Ed McBain's cop humor, this stor...

from lamour

Fat Ollie has finished his book and is planning on taking it to a publisher. He leaves it in his car while investigating a murder of a popular city councilor. Someone does a smash & grab and takes his brief case in which he has placed the novel. As a result we have Ollie searching for the man he ...

from Maydacat

Ollie is a foul-mouthed, over-bearing, obnoxious, and opinionated racist. He is also a pretty good detective, which is why people put up with him. But I found few positive aspects in this novel. The plot had possibilities and some of the humor was entertaining. But too much of the novel was just ...

from richardgarside

Perhaps not as good as some of the other 87th precinct books but a good entertaining read nevertheless