I polished this one off in one day. Another fun, fast, entertaining read. Love Parker's snarky dialogue. I've got the next one on my night table to start tonight.
When radical feminist Mary Lou Goddard hires Sunny to protect her from a stalker, Sunny accepts the case with some reluctance. After all, Goddard detests Rosie, Sunny's bull terrier, canine vacuum, and stakeout companion. It doesn't take Sunny long to track down and confront Lawrence Reeves, a particularly pestilential human being. But pestilence is no excuse for murder, so when Reeves and Gretchen Crane, one of Goddard's colleagues, are both found dead, Sunny dives into the murky waters of Boston's prostitution industry, where Reeves was a client and Gretchen was trying to unionize the workers. Politics and sexuality can be a nasty tangle, and the unraveling threads lead straight to mobster Tony Marcus's door. Tony may appreciate Sunny's sharp wit, but business is business: interference can--and does--lead to a bullet with her name on it. And as if all of this weren't enough, Sunny's sister and her best friend are in the throes of nasty divorces. Luckily, the leap from PI to marital counselor is well within Sunny's abilities.
I enjoyed reading about Sunny, Rosie, Richie, Skip and all.
Good second entry in the Sunny Randall series from Parker. In this one Sunny is trying to solve the case of a murder that has been closed by the police, but Sunny is persistent like a bull dog. She also plays relationship counselor to her sister and friend, Julie, when their marriages seem to be falling apart. The murder she is working on involves a lesbian feminist couple, prostitutes, and gang members and she ends up getting help from her ex's gangland family to finally solve the case. Overall, I would mildly recommend this one but didn't seem to enjoy it as much as the first book in the series - Family Honor.
Boston P.I. comes to the Aid of 3 VERY different women in three VERY DANGEROUS situations......and ALL could be FATAL.
One of prolific Parker's most enjoyable novels, in my estimation. Sunny Randall is an engaging and realistic heroine.
A sunny Randall book. Good read
