Barbara Seranella, Author . Scribner $24 (272p) ISBN 978-0-7432-1266-3
Seranella's lady mechanic is back fixing cars and catching criminals in this fourth Munch Mancini crime novel (Unwanted Company, etc.), featuring the spunky auto-repair gal and her sidekick, Det. Mace St. John. In mid-'80s L.A., Munch,...
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Barbara Seranella, Author . Scribner $24 (304p) ISBN 978-0-7432-1386-8
The fifth novel in Serenella's bestselling 1980s saga (No Human Involved, etc.) featuring Miranda "Munch" Mancini, onetime junkie, hooker and California biker chick, gets off to a fast start with the brutal murder of the mother and...
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Barbara Seranella, Author . Scribner $24 (304p) ISBN 978-0-7432-4500-5
While Seranella has been justly praised for the grittiness of her Munch Mancini novels (No Man Standing, etc.), this, the sixth installment, could have benefited from less grit and more storytelling gruel. When homicide detective Mace St. John runs...
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Barbara Seranella, Author . Scribner $24 (304p) ISBN 978-0-7432-4558-6
Miranda "Munch" Mancini has seen, done and survived just about everything in her short, hard life. Now, in Seranella's stellar seventh novel (after 2003's Unpaid Dues
) about the Los Angeles mechanic, she has with luck and pluck...
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Barbara Seranella, Author . St. Martin's Minotaur $23.95 (246p) ISBN 978-0-312-34798-7
At the start of Seranella's outstanding eighth Miranda "Munch" Mancini mystery (after 2004's Unwilling Accomplice
), the Los Angeles auto mechanic is enjoying a domestic stability that she never thought possible after her sordid...
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Barbara Seranella, Author . St. Martin's Minotaur/Dunne $23.95 (261p) ISBN 978-0-312-36170-9
In this fresh first of a new series from Seranella, crisis management expert Charlotte Lyon—who channels her obsessive-compulsive disorder into more productive, professional hypervigilance—works to exonerate the owners of the Sunliner...
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Barbara Seranella, Author HarperCollins Publishers $24 (304p) ISBN 978-0-06-019213-6
Hanging on to a marginal existence by her fingernails, ex-addict Miranda ""Munch"" Mancini supplements her income as a Los Angeles auto mechanic by scrupulously running her own limo service--consisting of one sparkling Cadillac. But as this...
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Barbara Seranella, Author Thomas Dunne Books $22.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-312-15614-5
When you first meet Munch Mancini and LAPD Detective Mace St. John, there's not much to like. Munch is an alcoholic, drug-addicted hooker, and Mace a tired cop with sad eyes and sallow skin. But readers are advised to stick with them because...
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Barbara Seranella, Author HarperCollins Publishers $24 (266p) ISBN 978-0-06-019212-9
It's 1977 and Munch (nee Miranda) Mancini, first seen in No Human Involved (1997), has indulged in her share of street scams and drugs, which is why she's on probation. The street-smart Munch is a babe in the woods, though, when it comes to leading...
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