books by Barbara Seranella

books by Barbara Seranella

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Barbara Seranella

Barbara Seranella

Offbyone Pr, 2005

Strange but satisfying
I didn't enjoy the 70s, and if I'd picked up earler that this story was set in 1977 urban Southern California, I probably would have given it a pass. A fortunate mistake. Not that Seranella makes me feel nostalgic. If anything, she paints a bleaker picture than I ...

Deadman's Switch

Barbara Seranella

St. Martin's Minotaur, 2007

Intriguing new series tragically cut too short
I enjoyed reading from the late Ms. Seranella's Munch Mancini titles. Charlotte Lyon, the main character her new projected mystery series, is likewise a resilient, flawed, but sympathetic lady. Charlotte, 33 and a widow, operates a crisis management consultant business ...

No Offense Intended

Barbara Seranella

Dark City Books, 2006

Compelling as ever
I fell in love with Munch Mancini in No Human Involved, and I love her still. Aside from the fact that Seranella writes with harrowing accuracy about drug addiction, her tinkerings with various engines--both human and mechanical--are never less than bang-on. This is a ...

Unwilling Accomplice: A Munch Mancini Crime Novel (Munch Mancini Novels)

Barbara Seranella

Scribner, 2004

A girl with a past
Munch Mancini's past is closer than it appears in the rear-view mirror. More than any other series character I've read, Munch makes me believe. Believe in her, her daughter, her relationships with men, her relationship with her addictions, everything she does rings ...

An Unacceptable Death (Munch Mancini Novels)

Barbara Seranella

St. Martin's Minotaur, 2005

Series remains excellent read
The time is 1986 - Ronald Reagan is President - Munch Mancini, the series heroine, continues to lead a clean life with her adopted daughter, and steady job as a mechanic. She happily is planning her wedding to Rico, her cop fiance, when she receives word that Rico was ...

Greatest Hits: Tales of Assasins, Hit Men and Hired Guns
Jeff Abbott, Lee Child, ...

Request Audiobooks, 2006

Loaded with tension, charged with uncertainty, these four taut tales by New York Times bestselling authors bring their unsuspecting or hunted and fearful targets into the deadly sights of a hired killer's gun. Contents include: "Retrospective" by Kevin Wignall read by Charles Kahlenberg, "Karma Hits Dogma" by Jeff Abbott read by Rex Linn, "The ...

Unfinished Business: A Munch Mancini Crime Novel (Munch Mancini Novels)

Barbara Seranella

Scribner, 2001

The Munchkin just gets better and better
From the outset (No Human Involved) Barbara Seranella has delivered consistently splendid books, populated by completely believable, affectingly human characters. Munch Mancini is a wonderfully unique creation, a haunted yet determined young woman who refuses, ever, to ...

Unwanted Company (Munch Mancini Novels)

Barbara Seranella

Avon Books, 2001

Unwanted Company brings unwanted trouble!
Clean & sober for 6 years, Munch Mancini has her own limo service & is glumly looking at the post-graduation slump of summer. She hires out for a week to a cash-toting customer. When the women who escorted her customer & his friend the night before end up dead, Munch ...

No Man Standing: A Munch Mancini Crime Novel

Barbara Seranella

Scribner, 2002

One can't have too many friends
In NO MAN STANDING, ex-bad girl Munch Mancini is now eight years down the straight and narrow after giving up alcohol, drugs, sexual promiscuity, and bikers. An ace auto mechanic and owner of a struggling limo business, Munch is moving into a new house with her adopted ...

Unpaid Dues: A Munch Mancini Crime Novel (Munch Mancini Novels)

Barbara Seranella

Pocket, 2004

Munchy urban noir thriller
After some heavy rains, a woman's body is found in the drainage sewer at the exclusive Riveria Country Club. The woman was badly beaten and her body tied to two cinder blocks so that she would sink without a trace. LAPD detective Mace St. John, back on the job after ...