- Hardcover: 304 pages
- Publisher: Scribner (19 May 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0743245008
- ISBN-13: 978-0743245005
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 16.1 x 2.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,878,779 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Amazon.co.uk Review Review
Munch Mancini's past catches up with her in this sixth adventure featuring the reformed bad girl turned garage mechanic and single mother--a series that's gaining fans with every new outing for a good reason--Munch is an authentically original creation with grit, wit, and determination, which often serve her better than her loyalty to old friends. Now one of those is murdered and when Detective Mace St John finds Munch's prints and photo on the corpse's records, a bloody part of her past threatens to blow Munch and her daughter's future away. If that's not enough, the teenage son of another old friend turns up on Munch's doorstep, but of course it's no coincidence. By the time Seranella ties a boy named Bug, a drug-fuelled murder spree the cops have long since closed the books on, and a dead woman in a storm drain together in a fast-placed plot, she's brought another piece of Munch's history into sharper focus, making her hard-fought struggle to turn her life around even more interesting, involving, and inspiring. --Jane Adams, Amazon.com
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Sue Grafton "Unpaid Dues" is Barbara Seranella's best crime novel to date! Taut, complex, and pitch perfect.
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Format:Hardcover
Mechanic Munch Mancini has her troubled life finally settled down, until her old pal New York Jane is murdered. Wasn't fond of the third person perspective, and it didn't keep me focused all the way.
Format:Hardcover
Mechanic Munch Mancini has her troubled life finally settled down, until her old pal New York Jane is murdered. Wasn't fond of the third person perspective, and it didn't keep me focused all the way.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Munchy urban noir thriller
14 May 2003
Format:Hardcover
After some heavy rains, a woman's body is found in the drainage sewer at the exclusive Riveria Country Club. The woman was badly beaten and her body tied to two cinder blocks so that she would sink without a trace. LAPD detective Mace St. John, back on the job after suffering a heart attack four months ago, leads the investigation. He learns the victim is Jane Ferran.
When he looks at her file he sees Munch Mancini's face with Jane's name underneath it. When he goes to question Munch, she tells him that she used her friend's name when she was arrested for a DUI. Munch has a feeling one of her druggie friends from years ago might have killed Jane but she can't tell Mace about it because she would implicate herself in a decade old triple homicide. It is only when it looks like Thor is going to kill anyone connected to that incident does she come forward and offers herself up as bait to trap a killer.
Munch is an ex-druggie, a recovering alcoholic and a former prostitute but she has turned her life around. She goes to AA meetings, has an adopted daughter and has a good job working as a mechanic in Brentwood. She is a role model for people who want to start over and make something of his or herself. The perpetrator of the murder will come as a shock to the reader because everyone involved in the case is missing a vital piece of information. Barbara Seranella, known for her urban noir thrillers, once again has created a realistic who-done-it that is both exciting and poignant.
Harriet Klausner
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Great character, Absorbing story
12 Aug 2003
Format:Hardcover
Miranda (Munch) Mancini, former runaway, drug addict and prostitute, has reformed her life. She's now a car mechanic, limo driver, part-time detective and adoptive mother. Munch one of the most original characters to come along in quite awhile. UNPAID DUES explores Munch Mancini's former life in flashback sequences when a former friend from her drug days is found in a storm drainage canal. Munch's connection with her friend comes to light when Munch's picture turns up in the friend's police file. Munch's past secrets are slowly revealed to the important people in her present life.
Seranella takes us into the world of everything from drugs and violence, to the life of an auto mechanic from first-hand experience. This is Barbara Seranella's sixth novel featuring Munch, but my first. I loved almost everything about the book and the character. I have already gotten two of the earlier books and can't wait to find out more of Munch's story. This is a definite must-read for anyone who enjoys a gritty absorbing cirme novel.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Smart and gritty
23 May 2003
Format:Hardcover
What a great read. The story is at turns violent, insightful, clever, and funny. The characters are thoroughly believable -- from the series' regular cops to the minor characters(especially Doleen). And ever since I read 'No Human Involved' I've believed that Munch is a very real person. This ain't no cozy. And I highly recommend it.
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