Unwilling Accomplice [Import] [Hardcover]

Barbara Seranella (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd (March 31, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0709078013
• ISBN-13: 978-0709078012
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Protagonist with heart and soul, May 23, 2004

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D. Moore (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Unwilling Accomplice: A Munch Mancini Crime Novel (Munch Mancini Novels) (Hardcover)

This is another really strong entry in the series. Munch is such a wonderful character. One of the great pleasures of this series is watching Munch grow and change and attain happiness and security. While she makes mistakes, both in her life and her investigations, she never does anything out of character. You'd never find Munch going down into the basement without a torch. While lesser protagonists are standing nervously at the top of the basement stairs, peering into the darkness; you get the impression that Munch would have gone down the stairs, bashed the bad guy with her torch, and be in the middle of rewiring the basement in case of future problems. I love Munch's way of looking at the world - her sensitivity, empathy, down to earth attitude, and humour. Her relationship with Asia is very special. Barbara Seranella has long been one of my favourite writers and, with each successive entry in the series, her writing just gets better and better.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars tough love, May 23, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Unwilling Accomplice: A Munch Mancini Crime Novel (Munch Mancini Novels) (Hardcover)

Munch Mancini is a car mechanic with enough of a past to keep her present humming with conflicts and crises. A product of an abusive home and the streets, she went through years of hard living before picking herself up, dusting herself off, and establishing a hard-won stability for herself and her daughter, Asia. Asia's cousins, Jill and Charlotte, reappear with their ne'er-do-well mother after having vanished for years into the Witness Protection program. Unfortunately, teenager Charlotte soon disappears again. Munch has to do what she can to get the girl back safely. Seranella is wonderfully perceptive in showing Asia and Charlotte's perspectives, and of course it's always a treat to see the world from Munch's viewpoint. She gives us a chance to see how dangerous and destructive the place can be, while always coming down on the side of being there for family.

Seranella is one of those rare writers who can appeal to almost any kind of audience. So if you haven't met Munch, I predict you have something to look forward to. Though this may sound odd, these books should be in the libraries of every women's prison in the country. They're so full of hope and redemption and the best kind of good sense about basic things. (And they're fun to read, too).

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Engaging Unique Characters, June 7, 2004

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A. Christie "bibliofiend508" (Plano, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Unwilling Accomplice: A Munch Mancini Crime Novel (Munch Mancini Novels) (Hardcover)

Auto mechanic and sometime limo driver, Munch Mancini is back. She is still clean and sober after years of hard living. She gets a phone call from her adopted daughter's aunt. Lisa Slokum has taken off from the witness relocation program with her daughters, Charlotte and Jill. Lisa calls Munch desperate for help; Charlotte has gone missing. No one knows if she has run away or if something more evil has happened to her. Munch decides to help her daughter's dysfunctional family. As she starts to investigate Charlotte's life, she comes upon a stash of stolen goods in her room. Her search for Charlotte leads Munch into trouble, but due to her early life on the street, it is not anything she can't handle.

Munch is not quite as edgy as she was in earlier novels. Being a mother to Asia has softened her considerably not to speak of being "in love". Even a not-so-edgy Munch makes for a nice change from the run-of-the-mill type heroines in most detective novels. She is a very likable and admirable character. Barabara Seranella's books are so character driven that the strength or weaknesses of any given plot seems secondary. I enjoyed reading UNWILLING ACCOMPLICE and look forward to the next in the series.