- Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins (1 Jan 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0061013617
- ISBN-13: 978-0061013614
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.7 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,940,610 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Seranella drops us right down into the middle of a dark and perplexing world and makes us feel--along with her hero--just how hard it is to get out."-- T. Jefferson Parker, author of "The Triggerman's Dance""Every so often a first novel is so strong, so original and so well written that it is obviously the beginning of an important career. Seranella has written such a book."-- "Poisoned Pen"
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Munch Mancini wants a new life. To make ends meet, she is working as an auto mechanic in Venice, California, and trying to lose old habits. But she has more to kick than a heroin addiction -- she's wanted for murder. As usual, there's no one to turn to for help, so it's up to Munch alone to clean up her act, clear her name, and save her life.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
It is great writing and I pulled an all-nighter until I'd finished it. Wonderful technical detail, from botany to cars. The dialog is not Elmore Leonard standard. No drug-addicted prostitute I have ever known (and I've known a few) ever expressed herself in such terms as "hypothetically speaking couldn't the information the police sought be obtained over the phone." I liked finding that a witty and hard-boiled crime writer included a few decent, helpful, effective, and even sincerely religious, characters.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
The title and book cover are very deceiving at first glance. I had picked the paperback up three times and put it back before reading a few of the pages. It gives the impression of being a sci-fi/horror book. Instead, I was rewarded with a good, solid suspense mystery. Very good writing,original characters with humor to boot. Looking forward to reading "NO OFFENSE INTENDED.' Keep them coming, Barbara, 'cause you have a fan here.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is another boonie dog book review by Wolfie and Kansas. We eagerly looked forward to reading Barbara Seranella's novel "No Human Involved". Both the title and the fact that the main character is named "Munch" gave rise to certain expectations.
Alas, it turned out that nearly all of the characters in this novel are noncanine animals of primate derivation. Even Munch is human. This novel has two saving graces, however. First, one of the lead characters, a police detective, does save two dogs from being "put to sleep" at the "humane shelter". Second, "No Human Involved" may be the best first novel in the crime fiction genre that we have ever read--and we had to think twice about including the word "first" in this sentence.
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It was thrilling and was fast paced and educational.
I liked the whole thing. It made me think and look back in the story at old information to try and solve it before the solution was given. I just plain out liked it. Read more
Published on 15 Dec 1998
One of my top 3 for 1997!
This is a wonderful first novel which is chock full of story(s), and great characters you really root for. Read more
Published on 10 Dec 1997
an excellent first mystery
The Poison Pen newsletter turned me on to this great mystery. The scenes between Mace and his father Digger are very touching. Read more
Published on 15 Nov 1997
A debut that is really good, better than many
In the Venice Beach section of 1970's Southern California, Munch Mancini
decides to clean up her life by giving up the drugs and booze, and to stop
hooking. Read more
decides to clean up her life by giving up the drugs and booze, and to stop
hooking. Read more
Published on 11 Sep 1997
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