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published in, Five Little Rich Girls was published in the US as Make Out With Murder, Its a somewhat tongueincheek PI tale, with a fair splattering of ingags for fans of crime fiction, with the central characters boss being a mystery novel aficionado seeking to ape the success and notoriety of Sherlock Holmes and Nero Wolfe amongst others.
The tale is written in the first person from the perspective of Chip Harrison, a high school dropout and street smart young man, who investigates the suspicious death of his girlfriend and two of her sisters.
Whilst the story starts out as a parody it progressively takes the investigation more seriously, turning into a genuine whodunnit.
It never quite loses its light hearted, sometimes improbable nature, and at times is quite racy, Overall, an okay read that got better as it progressed, Like the new characters. Always enjoy reading his books, The streetwise gumshoe is Chip Harrison, who has finally secured himself a job, acting as the manabouttown for the corpulent detective Leo Haig.
And it's on the dangerous streets of New York that Chip brings home his first case, one in which five beautiful sisters are being systematically murdered by a killer with a diabolical design.
The story was enjoyable. I'm still not sure if it was a satire on the Nero Wolf mysteries or if Lawrence Block was paying homage to the fat genius.
Either way, it was entertaining, I loved the way all the suspects were gathered in a room for the grand finale pure nostalgia, Although it's not one of his best works, Make our with Murder is certainly worth a read, ./
pages A thoroughly enjoyable lightly ribald Nero Wolfe pastiche, Recommended AKA: Sheldon Lord, Jill Emerson, Paul Kavanaugh, Chip Harrison, Lawrence Block
Barely worth the effort, more like,stars.

A sloppy little book that tries to be both a send up of the serial murder mystery the tec in this one both believes that Nero Wolf is real, and is consciously trying to model himself on him while also being a lighthearted sex comedy, which has the unfortunate side effect of the narrator joking about sex or

having sex in the presence of violent death and sex being the only way that women are involved in the action of the novel despite the plot centering around five sisters.
This squicky meat market attitude pervades the novel but reaches a repellent acme in the conclusion when the murderer is revealed.
Entirely a product of its time, if you can forgive the cartoonish sexual mores of the earlys, then maybe pick this up.
I admit to having a perverse love of how over the top everything was, However, if you are too young to remember or have forgotten how gross thes were, don't pick this up.
It's a mainline hit of that era's junk culture, A good little mystery. Third Chip Harrison novel is perhaps the best, We meet the interesting Leo Haig here, Chip's boss, who lets him do all the legwork, The first two books were comedic soft porn and enjoyable!, but this one brings crime into the game and makes it all the more enjoyable.
It has all the attributes of the first two novels, particularly the humour, plus a good detective story, Well worth a read! Another cozy mystery only like many Block novels it's also got a bit of soft core sex in it.
They pretty much go together like chocolate and peanut butter, Yummy. A Wonderful Tribute to Nero Wolfe

This is the third book in the Chip Harrison series, and certainly displays the unique characterizations that Lawrence Block is justly famous for.
I have read some of his books, but not with kind of fervor I approach other masters of the mystery genre.
I heard about this series having a Nero Wolfe styled character who may have a delusional belief that Wolfe and Archie Goodwin really exist.
Block weaves a story that absolutely pays tribute to Rex Stouts style, without ever becoming merely parody,

He also give a nice shot out to Ross MacDonald, one my favorite writer of detective stories, OK, now Chip has some mystery elements I loved this book, Lawrence Block has to be one of the first, if not the first, writer of fan fiction, Leo Haig is trying to be Nero Wolfe, He actually think Nero Wolfe exists, He is his own genius but everything else about him is him trying to be Nero Wolfe,
Block has a wonderful style and even gets the narrator, Haig's legman Chip Harrison to promote his previous books.
They are really Chip's previous books, so it isn't block try the hard sell it's Chip,
Brilliant.
This is not the best thing I have ever read by Block but it is good and whilst I guessed the connection of the victims to the murderer I didn't guess who the murderer was.

If you want a quick easy read with a murder mystery bent give this book a go, You won't be disappointed.
Very early Block, but with his usual charm, Chip Harrison as the legman for stayathome investigator Leo Haig, Enormously enjoyable pastiche of the Nero Wolfe books, Well done and pleasant Interesting plot, ends well, A smart tale, well told, Graphic sex lots of it, Sloughing thru it to the end, too much trouble for me, Audiobook is well read. Lawrence Block's homage of sorts to Rex Stout and Nero Wolfe, It doesn't so much imitate as try to update circathe basic story concept, It comes across as something of a low rent, almost seedy Nero Wolfe knockoff with a lot of sex going on.
At times it seems more satire than homage while at other times it just seems odd, If I were the kind of person who gave up easily I would have cast this book aside in the firstpages, it just wasn't appealing to me.
. . frankly, if it weren't written by Lawrence Block I probably would never have been motivated to finish it,

The Nero Wolfe surrogate Leo Haig is a comic character, bumbling and inept in many ways board games, pipe smoking and propping his feet on his desk but apparently sharp in the ways of deductive reasoning.
The Archie Goodwin standin is Chip Harrison a young man with very active hormones who seems intent on "scoring" every chance he can, he's much less witty and charming than Stout's Goodwin surprising since author Block can and does write very humorous and clever dialogue in his other series and seems to be more of a clueless bystander than anything else.
Had the Harrison character been more likable or even less one dimensional the book could have been much more interesting.


The mystery is okay, it's not the kind where the reader is given all the clues needed to solve it, it sticks to the Wolfe formula of having all the suspects gathered in one room for the final solution to the case.
It's average at best. I doubt I'll try any of the other books in this series, An enjoyable read that doesn't take itself too seriously, Make Out With Murder finds our hero, Chip Harrison, back in New York City working for a detective named Leo Haig.
Chip thinks that, for all his great intellect, Haig believes that Nero Wolfe, upon whom he models himself, was a real person.
Haig has hired young Chip to be his Archie Goodwinamanuensis and leg man, I very much like the Matthew Scudder series, and years ago I read the first two Chip Harrison books, This is a quick read, redeemed primarily by the many references to other mystery authors and characters, Lawrence Block has been writing crime, mystery, and suspense fiction for than half a century, He has published in excess oh, wretched excess! ofbooks, and no end of short stories, Born in Buffalo, N. Y. , LB attended Antioch College, but left before completing his studies school authorities advised him that they felt hed be happier elsewhere, and he thought this was remarkably perceptive of them.
His earliest work, published pseudonymously in the lates, was mostly in the field of midcentury erotica, an apprenticeship he shared with Donald E.
Westlake and Robert Silverberg. The first time Lawrence Blocks name appeared in print was when his short story “You Cant Lose” was published in the Februaryissue of Manhunt.
The f Lawrence Block has been writing crime, mystery, and suspense fiction for than half a century, He has published in excess oh, wretched excess! ofbooks, and no end of short stories, Born in Buffalo, N. Y. , LB attended Antioch College, but left before completing his studies school authorities advised him that they felt hed be happier elsewhere, and he thought this was remarkably perceptive of them.
His earliest work, published pseudonymously in the lates, was mostly in the field of midcentury erotica, an apprenticeship he shared with Donald E.
Westlake and Robert Silverberg. The first time Lawrence Blocks name appeared in print was when his short story “You Cant Lose” was published in the Februaryissue of Manhunt.
The first book published under his own name was Monait was reissued several times over the years, once as Sweet Slow Death.
Init became the first offering from Hard Case Crime, and bore for the first time LBs original title, Grifters Game.
LB is best known for his series characters, including cop turned private investigator Matthew Scudder, gentleman burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr, globe trotting insomniac Evan Tanner, and introspective assassin Keller.
Because one name is never enough, LB has also published under pseudonyms including Jill Emerson, John Warren Wells, Lesley Evans, and Anne Campbell Clarke.
LBs magazine appearances include American Heritage, Redbook, Playboy, Linns Stamp News, Cosmopolitan, GQ, and The New York Times, His monthly instructional column ran in Writers Digest foryears, and led to a string of books for writers, including the classics Telling Lies for Fun Profit and The Liars Bible.
He has also written episodic television Tilt! and the Wong Kar wai film, My Blueberry Nights, Several of LBs books have been filmed, The latest, A Walk Among the Tombstones, Liam Neeson as Matthew Scudder and is scheduled for release in September,.
LB is a Grand Master of Mystery Writers of America, and a past president of MWA and the Private Eye Writers of America.
He has won the Edgar and Shamus awards four times each, and the Japanese Maltese Falcon award twice, as well as the Nero Wolfe and Philip Marlowe awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Private Eye Writers of America, and the Diamond Dagger for Life Achievement from the Crime Writers Association UK.
Hes also been honored with the Gumshoe Lifetime Achievement Award from Mystery Ink magazine and the Edward D, Hoch Memorial Golden Derringer for Lifetime Achievement in the short story, In France, he has been proclaimed a Grand Maitre du Roman Noir and has twice been awarded the Societetrophy.
He has been a guest of honor at Bouchercon and at book fairs and mystery festivals in France, Germany, Australia, Italy, New Zealand, Spain and Taiwan.
As if that were not enough, he was also presented with the key to the city of Muncie, Indiana, But as soon as he left, they changed the locks, LB and his wife Lynne are enthusiastic New Yorkers and relentless world travelers the two are members of the Travelers Century Club, and have visited aroundcountries.
He is a modest and humble fellow, although you would never guess as much from this biographical note, sitelink.