The Pearl Harbor Murders

from cyderry

This is the third book in the disaster series by Max Allan Collins. I have read the prevous books and enjoyed them very much however, this one fell a little flat for me. It jumped around from one point of view to another and back again, and it seem very hard to follow. I had to reread some passag...

from antiquary

To me, this mystery was more interesting for its setting --Pearl Harbor at the time of the Japanese attack --and its characters, notably Edgar Rice Burroughs, one of my favorite authors --than for the actual mystery, which I scarcely remember. The Hawaiian setting is reminiscent of the Charlie Ch...

from MikeRhode

A bit flatter than most of his historical mysteries, perhaps because he was working with a real person whose family is still alive.

from wdwilson3

What ever you think of Collins' prose, you have to admire his ability to find a niche. His series of one-off historical mysteries feature real characters solving crime in a well-known disaster setting. In this volume, he couples the Japanese invasion of Pearl Harbor and the murder-solving skills ...

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This is one of the author's "disaster mystery" series, in which a real life writer and amateur sleuth investigates murder against a slightly fictionalised version of a famous disaster scenario. In this case, Edgar Rice Burroughs, creator of Tarzan and Jules Verne-esque SF adventure stories, inves...