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Riding the Snake
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Manufacturer: Avon
Author: Stephen J. Cannell
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Riding the Snake Description
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780380800162
ISBN: 0380800160
Label: Avon
Manufacturer: Avon
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 416
Publication Date: 1999-08-01
Publisher: Avon
Product Release Date: 1999-08-01
Studio: Avon
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780380800162
ISBN: 0380800160
Label: Avon
Manufacturer: Avon
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 416
Publication Date: 1999-08-01
Publisher: Avon
Product Release Date: 1999-08-01
Studio: Avon
Editorial Review of Riding the Snake
A Beverly Hills golden boy whose glow is fading, Wheeler Cassidy, an aimless, hard-drinking womanizer, is partying toward dissipation. But after his brother's mysterious death, Wheeler embarks on a perilous journey to find himself and the Chinese gangsters who murdered the only member of his family he ever really loved. Along the way, he teams up with Tanisha Williams, a beautiful African-American detective raised in Watts and now assigned to the L.A.P.D. Asian Crimes Task Force. The two make an unlikely pair, but together they face the violence and corruption that stretches from Hong Kong's notorious criminal Triad to the highest reaches of the American government. It's an international conspiracy of huge proportions that will take Wheeler and Tanisha halfway around the world and into the most dangerous adventure of their lives...
Customer Reviews of Riding the Snake
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: A thrill ride - and a joy to read
Review: After having slogged my way through a couple of books lately this one was a real pleasure. Now, don't get me wrong with the 5 star rating here - it's not a life-changing book. It's just a whole lot of fun.
And it should be since it comes from famed television producer and writer Stephen J. Cannell. One can tell that he has plenty of experience (what kind of experience? How about working on 'Adam-12' and 'Columbo', creating the 'Rockford Files', 'Baretta', '21 Jump Street', 'The A-Team' , 'The Greatest American Hero' and at least a dozen more) with creating likeable, interesting characters and putting them over their heads in difficult situations.
In this case, a white ne'er-do-well playboy from Berverly Hills and a black female street-hardened cop from South Central team up to take on the Chinese Triad criminal syndicate.
Sound hoaky? sure, it does.
But, it works anyway.
Lots of fun and a breeze to read means that this reader gives this one an 'A'.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Pretty Good
Review: This is my first Cannell "book" although I have watched and enjoyed many of his TV shows. I am a very eclectic reader and am hardly ever without a book at hand -- I thought Ride the Snake was a pretty good story line. It would do well as a made-for-TV movie or even a big screen. Like one of the other reviewers I would like to see a sequel. I really liked the change in Wheeler and to hell with his mother and her money! I think he made the right choice. Good quick read.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: I...
Review: Loved this book! Great writing with descriptive details. Now, I would love to read a sequel!
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Trials and Tribulations
Review: What a good story. This is the first novel of his I have read. I will read more. I found the information on China and their triads, gangsters, and tongs to be very informative. The book was well researched. All in all a great fiction story with a non fiction base. We can beleive today the real enemy will be China in the future. I hope not for many years.Best of all it shows how our country is not protecting us by allowing all the illegal immigrants and now talking of their rights. Fiction is a close brother of non fiction, actually Siamese twins. Read it and weep.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Really, really good!
Review: I, being a very fickle reader--meaning that if I don't like something about the book, or something about it rubs me the wrong way--or if it is unbearably boring, I will stop reading it--found this book to be almost perfect. It kept me held tight until the last page. I bought it because I buy anything with a multi-cultural character make up--and I was even happier to discover that there was an IR relationship involved. But like another reveiwer said, the IR relationship took a backseat to the general greatness of this books' plot. It was really good, interesting, fast paced, and I loved the characters--all of them. I especially loved Fu Hai's journey for freedom, for wealth, for something different from the hardship he'd been accustomed to his entire existence. Cannell's writing is airtight, and he knows what he's talking about--which is another plus. My only qualms, which constituted removing one star from my rating--was the horrible slang he used for the South Central characters--including the main character Tanisha's dialogue at times. It was laughable, and I, being an African American female, didn't know what the people were talking about half the time because they were saying things I've never even heard before. But, I didn't grow up anywhere like South Central L.A. either so maybe I'm just not hip enough... Anyway, the book was great, go get it.
Review Summary: A thrill ride - and a joy to read
Review: After having slogged my way through a couple of books lately this one was a real pleasure. Now, don't get me wrong with the 5 star rating here - it's not a life-changing book. It's just a whole lot of fun.
And it should be since it comes from famed television producer and writer Stephen J. Cannell. One can tell that he has plenty of experience (what kind of experience? How about working on 'Adam-12' and 'Columbo', creating the 'Rockford Files', 'Baretta', '21 Jump Street', 'The A-Team' , 'The Greatest American Hero' and at least a dozen more) with creating likeable, interesting characters and putting them over their heads in difficult situations.
In this case, a white ne'er-do-well playboy from Berverly Hills and a black female street-hardened cop from South Central team up to take on the Chinese Triad criminal syndicate.
Sound hoaky? sure, it does.
But, it works anyway.
Lots of fun and a breeze to read means that this reader gives this one an 'A'.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Pretty Good
Review: This is my first Cannell "book" although I have watched and enjoyed many of his TV shows. I am a very eclectic reader and am hardly ever without a book at hand -- I thought Ride the Snake was a pretty good story line. It would do well as a made-for-TV movie or even a big screen. Like one of the other reviewers I would like to see a sequel. I really liked the change in Wheeler and to hell with his mother and her money! I think he made the right choice. Good quick read.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: I...
Review: Loved this book! Great writing with descriptive details. Now, I would love to read a sequel!
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Trials and Tribulations
Review: What a good story. This is the first novel of his I have read. I will read more. I found the information on China and their triads, gangsters, and tongs to be very informative. The book was well researched. All in all a great fiction story with a non fiction base. We can beleive today the real enemy will be China in the future. I hope not for many years.Best of all it shows how our country is not protecting us by allowing all the illegal immigrants and now talking of their rights. Fiction is a close brother of non fiction, actually Siamese twins. Read it and weep.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Really, really good!
Review: I, being a very fickle reader--meaning that if I don't like something about the book, or something about it rubs me the wrong way--or if it is unbearably boring, I will stop reading it--found this book to be almost perfect. It kept me held tight until the last page. I bought it because I buy anything with a multi-cultural character make up--and I was even happier to discover that there was an IR relationship involved. But like another reveiwer said, the IR relationship took a backseat to the general greatness of this books' plot. It was really good, interesting, fast paced, and I loved the characters--all of them. I especially loved Fu Hai's journey for freedom, for wealth, for something different from the hardship he'd been accustomed to his entire existence. Cannell's writing is airtight, and he knows what he's talking about--which is another plus. My only qualms, which constituted removing one star from my rating--was the horrible slang he used for the South Central characters--including the main character Tanisha's dialogue at times. It was laughable, and I, being an African American female, didn't know what the people were talking about half the time because they were saying things I've never even heard before. But, I didn't grow up anywhere like South Central L.A. either so maybe I'm just not hip enough... Anyway, the book was great, go get it.