No Man Standing
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発行者による作品情報
A woman tries to save a friend before her old life catches up to her, in a tale by a writer who “brings rare street credibility to her crime mysteries” (The Miami Herald).
Once a junkie biker chick, Miranda “Munch” Mancini has transformed her life to become a high-class mechanic, respected businesswoman, and mother. But life hasn’t been as forgiving for her old friend Ellen Summers. Munch and Ellen were inseparable in their youth, but when Munch went straight, Ellen went to prison.
On the day before she’s to be released, Ellen’s mother and stepfather are murdered. When the killer threatens Ellen, she turns to Munch as the only person she can trust. While Munch questions some of her friend’s story, the danger she is in proves to be all too real. Munch is determined to find the murderer and save her friend one last time—before the killer ends her crime-solving days for good.
“There’s no more interesting protagonist in crime fiction. . . . Don’t miss this series.” —Chicago Tribune
“Munch proves herself again to be a likable and earnest character with a tough side that is explained by glimpses into her dark past. Her romantic entanglement with a police officer promises interesting times ahead.” —Booklist
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
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 stepfather of Munch's old running buddy, Ellen Summers. Alas, the plot then goes off in several directions and bogs down. With Munch providing the only homecoming welcome, Ellen is about to try the transition from prison life to normal society again (she came out of the can once before, in 1999's Unwanted Company). Ellen still behaves more as if she has unfinished illegal business to transact than as if she's ready for the straight and narrow. Various parties unknown appear to think this business involves a large amount of missing money. Meanwhile, Munch has managed to put it all together as a well-paid auto mechanic, owner-operator of a limousine service and single mother to an adopted eight-year-old daughter, Asia. Munch can testify to the rewards of a virtuous life, but reminders of her dark past return in the form of a jealous woman's spiteful pranks. Ellen's father appears and acts mysteriously. Munch's efforts to shield Ellen complicate old and new relationships with members of the local police. The result is mayhem and a litter of prostrate bodies. Established fans will lap this one up as eagerly as earlier books in the series, but new readers are likely to be more taken with the eccentric characters than the wandering plot.
