Sandra Scoppettone, Author . Ballantine $21.95 (253p) ISBN 978-0-345-47810-8
An original idea—a female PI working on her own in 1943—and an unusually imaginative portrait of a New York City coping, surviving, even thriving during WWII lift the first of a new suspense series from Scoppettone (Gonna Take a...
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Sandra Scoppettone, Author . Ballantine $24.95 (268p) ISBN 978-0-345-47812-2
Like Scoppettone's This Dame for Hire
(2005), which introduced Faye Quick, the semitough New York steno who turns private eye after her boss goes off to fight in WWII, this sequel vividly recreates 1943 Manhattan—the rumble of the subway...
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Sandra Scoppettone, Author Little Brown and Company $19.95 (261p) ISBN 978-0-316-77646-2
Lauren Laurano, Manhattan PI and former FBI agent, is 40ish, feisty, quick-witted and gay. In her engaging debut she solves a complicated case that begins with the rape and subsequent murder of a young woman named Lake Huron, who ran a computer...
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Sandra Scoppettone, Author Little Brown and Company $19.95 (251p) ISBN 978-0-316-77647-9
Scoppettone's familiarity with the streets and shops of Manhattan's West Village lends authenticity to this captivating, forceful mystery, the second to feature PI Lauren Laurano. Not just a crime story, this skillfully characterized portrait of the
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Sandra Scoppettone, Author Little Brown and Company $19.95 (275p) ISBN 978-0-316-77648-6
A tortuously contrived plot and too-cute tone undermine the third adventure (after I'll Be Leaving You Always ) of New York City PI Lauren Laurano. Lauren, who lives in the Village with her female lover, psychotherapist Kip Adams, is hired by an ex-d
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Sandra Scoppettone, Author Little Brown and Company $21.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-316-77664-6
Hangin' with Lauren would make an apt subtitle for Scoppettone's (My Sweet Untraceable You) latest engaging entry in her series starring Manhattan PI Lauren Laurano. The central tension in this tale occurs mainly in Lauren's personal life, and many...
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Sandra Scoppettone, Author Little Brown and Company $22.45 (264p) ISBN 978-0-316-77665-3
PI Lauren Laurano (last seen in Let's Face the Music and Die) takes on the conventional notion that appearances can be deceiving in this snappily paced whodunit. She and her longtime girlfriend, Kip, leave Manhattan for a vacation on Long Island....
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Sandra Scoppettone, Author Five Star (ME) $25.95 (320p) ISBN 978-1-4104-0201-1
Virginia sheriff Lucia Dove discovers romance with Lt. Jack Fincham while they both look into a series of killings in Florida. .
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Sandra Scoppettone, Author, Howard Schwartz, Author, Uri Shulevitz, Illustrator HarperCollins Publishers $17 (0p) ISBN 978-0-06-025239-7
One of the pleasures of reading folk and fairy tales attributed to specific cultures lies in finding the traits they share with stories from other peoples or places; another is coming upon the element that makes the story indigenous to that...
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