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Retribution (Lew Fonesca #2)
Stuart M. Kaminsky, the veteran author of more than forty novels and the creator of such wonderful characters as Abe Lieberman, Toby Peters, and Inpsector Rostnikov, has created a new PI: Lew Fonesca, a world-weary guy who got in a car and just started driving after his wife died and wound up in front of a Dairy Queen in Sarasota, Florida.
He now makes his way amid bail ju
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He now makes his way amid bail ju
Paperback, 256 pages
Published
December 15th 2002
by Forge Books
(first published 1999)
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On the surface, Lew Fonesca, a process server and sometimes investigator in Sarasota, is hardly a lovable character. Still grieving over his late wife, he is depressed and contemplative, and clearly he just wants to be left alone. In this second book of a new series, Lew again helps Adele, a troubled teenager who is systematically destroying stolen manuscripts, and locates the sister of a homeless man.
The common denominator of these irresistible cases is that his clients are all people who have...more
The common denominator of these irresistible cases is that his clients are all people who have...more
Good mystery, but the main character, Lew, is so depressed, that the entire story is also depressed. Lew is a court server by law, but also does some PI work. The people he deals with and meets are just big messes. Too depressing--I don't think I'll read any more in the series.
I do like Kaminsky's books, including this one. I just wish that most of the characters in the Lew Fonesca series weren't so mopey. Depression is rampant throughout this volume and it gets reading a bit tough sometimes. Otherwise there are two good mysteries happening throughout. Another of Kaminsky's books where figuring out the ending is very difficult. He is very good at defining his characters as separate entities despite how many are populating his stories and this is one of the best exampl...more
I love Lew Fonesca and his friends. Even if he didn't live in Sarasota (next to Dixie Hemingway's Siesta Key), I would still enjoy his stories. Glad to see those friends and a couple troublemakers back in the 2nd of this Kaminsky series.
A fine murder who-done-it. I enjoyed this book quite a bit considering I don't usually go for mystery style books. It has energy and life that make you care about the characters which is a rare skill indeed.
Retribution is the second Lew Fonesca Mystery. Adele becomes involved with a reclusive bestselling author, who hires Lew to find several of his valuable manuscripts that have disappeared.
enjoyable quick read that I finished in a few hours.
good enough detective book, well written.
good enough detective book, well written.
boring!!
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Received the Shamus Award, "The Eye" (Lifetime achievment award) in 2007.
Stuart M. Kaminsky is author of 50 published novels, 5 biographies, 4 textbooks and 35 short stories. He also has screenwriting credits on four produced films including ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA, ENEMY TERRITORY, A WOMAN IN THE WIND and HIDDEN FEARS. He is a past president of the Mystery Writers of America and has been nomi...more
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Stuart M. Kaminsky is author of 50 published novels, 5 biographies, 4 textbooks and 35 short stories. He also has screenwriting credits on four produced films including ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA, ENEMY TERRITORY, A WOMAN IN THE WIND and HIDDEN FEARS. He is a past president of the Mystery Writers of America and has been nomi...more
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