I'll Be Leaving You Always [Kindle Edition]

Sandra Scoppettone (Author)

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Product Description

In this sequel to EVERYTHING YOU HAVE IS MINE, Lauren's closest friend Megan is killed hours after a hold up of her Greenwich Village jewelry store, and Lauren soon discovers how little she knew about her friend's life. Hired by one of Megan's many ex-husbands to investigate, Lauren takes a microscope to a life she thought she knew intimately and finds a secret world of deception and danger. As Lauren moves closer to the solution to Megan's murder, she uncovers some unpleasant truths about herself--and realizes how much she needs a little help from her friends.


"The work of a fine writer coming into her own...Laurano is an appealing character whose most natural responses are warmth and humor."
THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD

Sandra 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 lesbian relationship Lauren has shared for 12 years also demonstrates how lies and conflicts strain friendships.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

Scoppettone peppers the plot with just enough twists and deftly drawn minor characters to keep the reader turning pages in hot pursuit.
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From the Publisher

For the initial paperback covers of Sandara Scoppettone's Lauren Laurano mysteries, we did photo shoots in locations in and around Greenwich Village. Though they were loads of fun to art direct (MY SWEET UNTRACEABLE YOU was shot on Bleecker Street in the middle of a blizzard, but still the crowds gathered to watch our model private eye lurking round corners), we decided to change directions and go with a brighter more graphic cover rather than the dark, moody look. LET'S FACE THE MUSIC AND DIE turned out great. (With its bright yellow background, you certainly can't miss it on the shelf.) Now I'm working on Sandra Scoppettone's new mystery, GONNA TAKE A HOMICIDAL JOURNEY, which takes place largely outside of New York, on Long Island. This may be the last novel in the Lauren Laurano series, so I want to end it with a BANG!

--Barbara Leff, Associate Art Director

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Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 1041 KB
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B004XJ4R80
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #64,340 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A seriously fun lesbian novel, June 18, 2002

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shelby lapre - See all my reviews

This review is from: I'll Be Leaving You Always (Mass Market Paperback)

This is a wonderful romp through New York City via lesbian fiction. Funny, romantic, and at times very intellectual. She does a super job of capturing the female and the lesbian psyche. Any ney sayers are just closet bigots. I've read this book at least five times and I still love it. I just replaced my tattered copy. Highly recommeded!...

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A really fun read!, March 1, 2000

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shelby lapre - See all my reviews

This review is from: I'll Be Leaving You Always (Mass Market Paperback)

I found this book to be a really enjoyable read. The characters are complex without being tideous and the left field sarcasm keeps the story flowing from tragidy to mystery to romance. Especially enjoyable if you're a New Yorker

1 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars i am floored by any praise for this book, December 6, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: I'll Be Leaving You Always (Mass Market Paperback)

when i was a teen, i read some of sandra scoppettone's adolescent fiction and enjoyed it. so when i found her books for an adult audience in the library, i was looking forward to reading them. i took this one out and found it to be such a puerile effort that i couldn't even finish it. the characters are shallow, badly drawn, and appear to be used by the author to service the particular plot twists with no adherence to what their underlying motivation would logically be. the story is confusing and not very interesting, with the result that the reader doesn't really care what happens. the main character possesses no particular charisma - her single defining trait appears to be a propensity to gauge waiting time in exaggerated terms (i.e., "after 100 hours the elevator finally arrived on the third floor") - a bit of attempted cuteness that wasn't particularly clever the first time, and was downright annoying the 30th. i don't care what anybody's sexual preference is, but this book, and the favorable reviews it has gotten, bother me because i feel that it has not been evaluated badly simply because the main character is gay - affirmative action, if you will. i have written material on a par or better than this that i rejected as being hopelessly sophomoric and certainly not worthy of publication. i think sandra scoppettone should be embarrassed.