Full Frontal Murder [Hardcover]

Barbara Paul (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 10, 1997

Lieutenant Marian Larch of the New York police sees her personal and private lives collide when she is put on the case of a turbulent child custody battle, which culminates in an attempted kidnapping and murder. 10,000 first printing."

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

NYPD officer Marian Larch investigates a series of murders ultimately tied to a violent child custody battle. When her lover becomes involved, though, Larch's private life becomes public. A fine addition to the long-running series.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Kirkus Reviews

Rita Galloway swears her estranged husband masterminded the botched kidnapping of their son Bobby; Hugh Galloway insists just as strenuously that he had nothing to do with it, and that Rita's a compulsive liar, cheat, and faker of evidence. As their relatives rush to take sides--Hugh's philanthropist father sniffs that he'd never wanted his son to marry that strumpet, Rita's photographer brother springs an unpleasant surprise about the Galloway family attorney--Lt. Marian Larch (Fare Play, 1995, etc.) gets the idea that maybe whoever arranged the kidnapping and is killing off the accomplices is really trying to set the two bickering Galloways against each other. So far so good; it's the canned sequel, whereby Marian's lover Curt Holland gives the book its title, that strains both suspense and belief. Despite a promising setup, below average for this long- running series. -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Scribner; 1ST edition (September 10, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0684197162
• ISBN-13: 978-0684197166
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,304,913 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great book-a great series-a fantastic author, July 6, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Full Frontal Murder (Hardcover)

Rita and Hugh are in the midst of a nasty divorce that includes child custody of their four year old son Bobby when someone tries to snatch the child. Only the quick intervention of a police officer stops the abduction from being successful. Though each parent accuses the other of orchestrating the incident, the lad's wealthy grandfather believes that a true kidnapping for ransom was attempted. The NYPD assign Lieutenant Marian Larch to investigate the case.

Before Marian can dig deeply into the investigation, the case unravels as the lead suspects, the parents, are murdered. Still, Marian inches closer to solving the case when her lover, private investigator Curt Holland is kidnapped. His abductors want her to drop her investigation or they will torture their victim till he dies. Marian, who has always feared a commitment, now has a new fear to deal with: the potential loss of her beloved, who will certainly be killed if she does nothing.

Barbara Paul has written numerous mysteries, but her Marian Larch series is by far her best. Marian is the complete woman of the nineties as she struggles with her ambition and independence Vs a commitment to her lover. FULL FRONTAL MURDER adds much insight to Marian's motivations as her personal and professional lives crash together. The Larch books are one of the finest police procedural series because it takes readers to the inside of Manhattan through the senses of a fantastic multi-dimensional protagonist.

Harriet Klausner

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, April 29, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Full Frontal Murder (Hardcover)

Full Frontal Murder was one of the most suspenseful mysteries I have read. The characters were good, and the plot was well done. A great continuation of the Marian Larch series.