★★★★★ "A witty and intelligent page-turner!" - Gerlinde (Amazon Customer) ___________ Humpty Dumpty was pushed... There are no accidents, and there’s a reason for everything that happens. In this novel, the unspoken truth is... It’s a dog-eat-dog world. The victim is a mesomorphic doorman. He lays stretched out on the parking lot pavement just a few yards from the nightclub where he worked. On the case is a brilliant and eccentric, media-darling-cop, Sal Messina. Sal’s investigation leads from the wealthy lairs of Manhattan to the manicured estates in the Hamptons to the PJs in Queens and places beyond. Like the immigrant communities of the Boogie Down Bronx inhabited by fierce survivors of ethnic wars. It’s a wild ride through a vast craven underbelly of society that takes its toll on both the detective’s personal and professional life. Before this case, the detective thought he had seen it all. But this time, what’s coming is way beyond the officer's range of vision. "Blatte is utterly fearless...the audacious dialogue makes Humpty Dumpty seem like a cross between a Grand Theft Auto game and a Richard Price book." --The Philadelphia Inquirer "After living in California all these years, it's a pleasure to be hit with this big dose of New York energy." --San Francisco Chronicle " Here's a book that gets it. Not fake gets it but really gets it".- -Abel Ferrara Writer-Director of The Bad Lieutenant and King of New York "Marc Blatte writes like a freight train on fire. Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed is a page-turner that serves up plot as elegantly twisted and satisfying as the best urban crime novels...as crackling and colorful as the city of New York itself." --Fred Berner, Executive Producer, The FBI and Law & Order "Flat out magic." --Ken Bruen, best-selling mystery writer and producer of The Jack Taylor TV Series. "A dark, witty, and often brilliant novel. Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed is such shocking good fun, you won't feel guilty about laughing at all the carnage." --Mystery Scene The philosophical quandaries--the real self versus the performance, the inability of language to describe the world--add a cerebral element to Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed , but without slowing down the thrill-ride. Blatte's plot is thick with twists and turns, and the broad spectrum of his characters keeps things interesting. By the end of the novel, readers have experienced what feels like the whole spectrum of human behavior crawling the boroughs and islands of New York. He takes the edgy pleasures of the traditional street novel--guns, complex sexy women, lost souls, true talents--and injects the whole experience with high-voltage energy. A dissonant medley of natives, elitists, and immigrants comes to life in Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed , their dangerous flaws and wild humanity intact. -M arianne Rogoff, The Rumpus " " Marc Blatte's novel is "da bomb." The suspense, colorful hip-hop slang. character nicknames and humorous banter kept me turning the pages. He has created the first wonderful "hip-hop noir" mystery that even a farm girl from Iowa couldn't put down." --BestSellersWorld.com "Be forewarned, it's no cozy, and it ain't your mother's thriller either. It's gritty, it's today's urban, and if they could get it in the right hands, it could turn a generation into readers." --Type M for Murder "As I got into the book, I found I couldn't put it down. It kept me riveted" --Laura's Book and Movie Review "A rollicking page turner that engrosses the reader from page one-a unique, hip, urban whodounit that ushers in a new voice to the mystery genre " -John Burdette, Author, Bangkok 8