As a Favor [Hardcover]

Susan Dunlap (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1984

A call from an ex-husband is never welcome.  For Berkeley cop Jill Smith it wins a Nobel Prize for chutzpah.  Her ex wants a favor.  His "friend" and co-worker, Anne Spaulding, is missing.  Anne's ransacked apartment--complete with blood-sprayed walls--gives Jill the chilling feeling that her ex may be up to his arrogant neck in murder.  Now Jill's out with the street people of Berkeley and the crazies of People's Park to uncover the fate of a welfare worker.  But her best suspect is her ex:  the former "significant other" who still pushes her buttons--the ones that can set her temperature on boil, break her heart, or ruin her life.

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Editorial Reviews

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"Susan Dunlap is the leading proponent of gutsy, nontraditional woman who nimbly tread in he-man territory."--The Washington Times.

"Dunlap's police procedurals have the authenticity of telling detail."--The Washington Post Book World --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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A call from an ex-husband is never welcome. For Berkeley cop Jill Smith it wins a Nobel Prize for chutzpah. Her ex wants a favor. His "friend" and co-worker, Anne Spaulding, is missing. Anne's ransacked apartment--complete with blood-sprayed walls--gives Jill the chilling feeling that her ex may be up to his arrogant neck in murder. Now Jill's out with the street people of Berkeley and the crazies of People's Park to uncover the fate of a welfare worker. But her best suspect is her ex: the former "significant other" who still pushes her buttons--the ones that can set her temperature on boil, break her heart, or ruin her life.

"Susan Dunlap is the leading proponent of gutsy, nontraditional woman who nimbly tread in he-man territory."--The Washington Times.

"Dunlap's police procedurals have the authenticity of telling detail."--The Washington Post Book World --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 182 pages
• Publisher: St Martins Pr; 1st edition (September 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312055943
• ISBN-13: 978-0312055943
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,729,509 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Never Trust an Ex-husband, September 7, 2011

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Nash Black "Troubadour" (Jamestown, KY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: As a Favor (Paperback)

Officer Jill Smith is on stakeout with her partner, Howard to catch a thief who is stealing items from Howard's patrol car in Susan Dunlap's AS A FAVOR.
Howard is on the brink of being sent to foot patrol instead of gaining a longed for promotion to homicide if they cannot discover who is vandalizing his patrol cars.
Nat Smith, Jill's ex-husband, calls and asks a favor of Jill. Would she check on a missing collegue of his, Anne Spaulding. Jill's apprehensions are fully realized when she arrives at Ms. Spaulding's apartment and discovers blood, damaged furniture, and Nat's pen, which was a gift from his father. Nat eludes her and isn't forthcoming as to his involvement with Ms. Spaulding when the missing woman's clothing turns up by the bay. Now this looks like a case for homicide, but Jill wants time to investigat on her own as there is no body.
No one in the Social Services Office, nor Ms. Spaulding's clients are the least concerned that she is missing and suspect to be a victim of foul play. The clients are deligthed to be ride of her.
A smooth read for a rainy afternoon.
Nash Black, author of SANDPRINTS OF DEATH