Harry Lipkin, Private Eye
A Novel
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ÒI might not be the best, but I am certainly the oldest,Ó Harry Lipkin, as voiced by Arthur Morey, tells listeners. He's almost 88 and, yes, there are jokes about aches and dentures as the detective seeks a thief in Coral Gables, Florida. Morey delivers Lipkin's lines in a lightly grizzled self-deprecating voice that shamus fans will immediately accept. A slight formality in Lipkin's words keeps the gumshoe effect from being perfect, but Morey makes it work nonetheless. The novel puts noir touches to a story that's more about the effects of aging than a mystery. Even so, crime fans will find something likable about the persistent private eye. J.A.S. © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine
May 14, 2012
British author Fantoni, once the chief contributor and writer for Private Eye magazine, introduces a most unusual PI, 87-year-old Harry Lipkin, in the first, one hopes, in a light crime series. Norma Weinberger, an affluent widow in her 70s, hires the geriatric gumshoe, who runs his detective agency out of his home in Warmheart, Fla., to look into the theft of a pillbox with sentimental value from her home. Since the most likely culprit is a member of Norma’s staff, Harry interviews the chauffeur, the maid, the butler, the chef, and the gardener in an attempt to uncover financial difficulties that would lead one of them to risk losing his or her cushy job by stealing the item. The headings of the short chapters (“Harry and Mr. Lee Walk to the Kitchen”) reinforce the arch tone. While the ending will surprise few readers, Fantoni doesn’t make the mistake of giving his lead the capacities of a younger man.
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