From Publishers Weekly Holt, book editor of the San Francisco Chronicle , once worked for Lipset, a colorful character who is that city's--and probably the country's--most famous private investigator. She is obviously fascinated by both the man and his life, and a good deal of that fascination is conveyed to the reader as she recounts some of his most celebrated cases, largely using his own words. Lipset began as an investigator in the U.S. Army, and has remarkable stories to tell about wartime criminality in the service which are probably worth a book of their own. Later he became a pioneer in electronic surveillance techniques (Coppola's movie The Conversation was partly a portrait of Lipset), while remaining busy with a variety of cases that range from standard divorce snooping through insurance fraud to catching a jewel thief in Europe. One of the odd things about Lipset is his amoral, apolitical approach to his work: according to him, guilt or innocence is the court's concern, not his; he will work for anyone who pays. All this comes across well in the long excerpts from interviews; but in the end one wishes he had written the book himself, because too much of Holt's linking narrative consists of rather obvious psychological observations and sometimes strained attempts to link Lipset's work with that of famous detectives of fiction. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal Sam Spade, Philip Marlowe, Lew Archer, Travis McGee. The names of these fictional private detectives conjure up images of tough guys, single-handedly solving crimes and being the only "white knight" in a field of bad guys. In reality, private detectives lead fairly normal lives, have families, avoid violence, and work with teams of investigators. Lipset is such a detective. Starting his career after World War II, Lipset was a pioneer in the surveillance field. Establishing a team of able investigators, he used a mix of old and new techniques: long, arduous days of watching, developing, and verifying detailed background checks, and also devising and using new electronic surveillance devices. In this enjoyable book, Holt, a former investigator for Lipset and now book editor for the San Francisco Chronicle , has captured the dichotomy of Lipset's life--the excitement and the humdrum. Recommended. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 5/15/91.- Sandra K. Lindheimer, Middlesex Law Lib., Cambridge, Mass.Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. See all Editorial Reviews
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不同于许多现代犯罪小说那种高度依赖高科技取证的叙事模式,这本书的核心魅力在于它对传统侦查艺术的致敬与展现。利普塞特的工具箱里装的不是DNA分析仪,而是敏锐的直觉、对特定街区风土人情的深刻理解,以及与形形色色线人建立起来的、基于信任与利益交换的复杂网络。我特别喜欢其中关于“盯梢”和“信息拦截”的片段描写,那种需要在长时间的枯燥等待中保持百分之二百的警觉,以及如何通过观察目标走路的姿势、点烟的习惯来判断其心理状态的描述,简直是教科书级别的“软技能”展示。这种侦查方式,天然地带有一种人情味和烟火气。案件的解决往往不是因为一个闪光的物证,而是因为某个人说了某句话,或者在某个不该出现的场合露出了一个不该有的表情。作者对这些微妙的社会信号的捕捉能力,体现出他深厚的社会观察力和对人性弱点的精准把握。读完这些案例,你不得不承认,在很多情况下,最精密的仪器也比不上一个经验丰富、洞察世事的眼睛。
评分这本书的结构安排也颇具匠心,它并非完全按照时间顺序来排列案件,而是像一个老道的DJ在混音一样,将那些轻松、略带诙谐的家庭纠纷,穿插到那些涉及国际走私或政治阴谋的沉重叙事之间。这种节奏上的张弛有度,极大地提升了阅读的耐受性和趣味性。你刚刚被一个关于财产欺诈的复杂细节弄得焦头烂额,紧接着,一个关于“不忠配偶追踪”的案例就会用一种近乎荒诞的幽默感来让你放松神经。这种风格上的对比,不仅有效地避免了题材过于单一带来的审美疲劳,更深层次地揭示了私人侦探职业的本质——他们是处理人类所有“失序”问题的专业人士,无论这种失序是关乎数百万美元的舞弊,还是仅仅是一枚丢失的订婚戒指。这种对“小事”和“大事”同等对待的态度,反而让哈尔·利普塞特这个人物形象更加立体和真实,他既能周旋于上流社会的酒会,也能在后巷的阴影中与线人交换情报,他的世界观是全面且不带偏见的。
评分当我真正沉浸到那些案例的细节中时,我立刻被作者处理复杂人际关系网的技巧所震撼。这绝不是那种简单的“谁杀了谁”的故事线,而是充满了层层叠叠的误导和巧妙的烟雾弹。利普塞特似乎深谙“真相往往藏在最显眼的地方”这一朴素真理,但他更擅长的是如何引导读者和警方都去关注那些被精心设计的假象。比如,在讲述一个涉及富商遗产的案子时,他花了大量的篇幅去描绘陪审团成员的性格侧写和法庭上的微妙互动,而真正的突破口,竟然藏在一个被所有人都忽略的、关于一套定制西装扣子的微小细节里。这种对“非关键信息”的精细打磨,使得整个阅读过程充满了智力上的博弈感。我常常忍不住停下来,在脑海中快速推演接下来的走向,但每一次,利普塞特总能用一个出乎意料却又合乎逻辑的转折将我拉回现实。这种叙事的高明之处在于,它尊重读者的智商,不搞无脑反转,而是通过逻辑链条的严密,最终抵达一个令人拍案叫绝的结论。它更像是一本侦探技巧的教科书,只是它的案例比任何教本都来得生动和残酷。
评分这本书的封面设计简直让人眼前一亮,那种复古的油墨质感,配上略带迷离的灯光效果,立刻将我带入了一个上世纪中叶的私人侦探世界。我一直对那个时代的黑色电影情有独钟,而这本《Bug in the Martini Olive and Other True Cases from the Files of Hal Lipset, Private Eye》的装帧风格,精准地捕捉到了那种混合着烟草味、威士忌香和城市霓虹的复杂氛围。翻开第一页,作者的行文节奏就显得非常老道,他没有急于抛出惊心动魄的案件,而是先用几笔精妙的侧写,勾勒出了旧金山乃至整个西海岸在战后那段动荡时期的社会肌理——那些光鲜亮丽的豪宅背后隐藏的肮脏秘密,以及那些看似无伤大雅的日常生活中,如何轻易地被贪婪和欲望侵蚀。作者的叙事视角非常克制,既不过分渲染暴力,也不滥用煽情的笔触,他更像是一个冷静的记录者,用近乎新闻报道的严谨,去剖析人性最幽微的角落。读着读着,我仿佛能听到哈尔·利普塞特那特有的、带着些许沙哑的嗓音,在昏暗的办公室里,向你娓娓道来那些关于背叛、欺诈和失踪的陈年往事。这本书的价值,绝不仅仅在于案件本身,更在于它提供了一扇独特的窗口,让我们得以窥见一个逝去时代的执法哲学和民间智慧的交锋。
评分如果要用一个词来概括这本书给我的整体感受,那可能是“怀旧的真实感”。这里的“真实感”并非指完全复刻历史事件的准确度,而是指它呈现了一种在当前媒体环境下已经极其稀有的、关于“调查”本身的纯粹的魅力。没有大量的内心独白和心理分析,作者似乎刻意保持了一种“硬汉”式的疏离感,让读者自己去拼凑人物的动机和情感光谱。这使得阅读体验变成了一种主动的参与,而不是被动的接受。书中对于各个案件发生地——从渔人码头的喧嚣到比佛利山庄的静谧——的背景描写极其到位,文字充满画面感,仿佛每一条街道、每一家酒吧都带着历史的尘埃和故事的余温。阅读这本书,就像是获得了一张老电影的特许通行证,让你得以在不被过度解读和简化的情况下,去体验那个复杂、迷人又充满危险的调查世界。这不仅仅是阅读几则旧档案,更像是一次深入灵魂的、对“侦探”这一职业精神的致敬之旅。
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