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From Publishers Weekly
A versatile crime writer and winner of Edgars in three categories (short story, novel and TV screenplay), Gores deserves a big breakthrough novel, and this might well be it. This fourth book (after Gone, No Forwarding ) in his series about Daniel Kearney Associates, a San Francisco private investigation firm specializing in auto repossession, displays his skill in managing a large cast and a variety of subplots; Gores's own experiences in a firm very much like DKA lend an air of verisimilitude to the often-hilarious goings-on. As the King of the Gypsies lies near death after a fall, San Francisco gypsies defraud Bay Area Cadillac dealers out of 31 vehicles in a single day. The meat of the story concerns the recovery of these cars plus a 32nd Cadillac, a pink 1958 convertible in which the king has said he would like to be buried. Gores provides lots of authentic gypsy lore and often induces readers to cheer the bad guys, since, like all successful con artists, the gypsies prey on their victims' venality and stupidity. Good fun all around, capped by a neat, unexpected ending.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal
Third-person narration marks Gores's addition to the "Dan Kearney Associates" series. Kearney's car repossessors run the gamut from beautiful and female to muscular and inarticulate, but they prove their merit by matching wits with Gypsies bent on "appropriating" 32 new Cadillacs and one prize 1958 convertible. Rapid scene and character shifts move the action from bustling San Francisco to bucolic Steubenville, where the current Gypsy king lies dying. Picturesque scams make for continuous humor and slick prose. A quick romp.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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