cbsundance's review against another edition
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
ncrabb's review against another edition
2.0
Someone is stealing Jewish temple scrolls, and Willie Whelan may know who that is. Willie has a booth at a flea market in a small California town, and he’s a fence. Willie wants Sharon McCone to investigate a mysterious flea market hanger-on who wears a yarmulke and who hangs around Willie’s stall. Willie wants Sharon to determine how much the yarmulke-wearing Jerry Levin knows about the scrolls. But before she can investigate much, someone murders Levin, and Willie is a suspect. Hours after that murder, an unknown assailant stabs Willie’s girlfriend to death in a nearby park.
I’ll keep reading this series, but not much longer if the books are as lackluster as this one. It wasn’t horrible, but I’m not going to remember it 12 hours after I post this review.
I’ll keep reading this series, but not much longer if the books are as lackluster as this one. It wasn’t horrible, but I’m not going to remember it 12 hours after I post this review.
marystevens's review against another edition
4.0
PI Sharon McCone works for a co-op law firm in San Francisco in the 1970s. She's investigating for a fence who's being tailed by a wimpy young Jewish guy and uncovers something big and completely unexpected but very much on topic in today's world. I wish I'd read these way back when. The author constructs very carefully crafted mysteries; always plays fair with the reader, but you have to be on your toes!
amalyndb's review against another edition
4.0
Sharon McCone gets hired to help out a flea market fence. A man in a suit and skullcap has been lurking near his booth as well as by his home and he wants Sharon to figure out who he is and what he is doing.
Stolen Torah scrolls, deals between thieves and fences, and incidentally, a fascinating look into the early days of paintball and milsim.
Stolen Torah scrolls, deals between thieves and fences, and incidentally, a fascinating look into the early days of paintball and milsim.
skinnypenguin's review
3.0
Sharon McCone is asked by her boss to help out a guy who sells stuff at flea markets, he is really a fence named Willie and Sharon doesn't like it when she finds out. She is intrigued by the guy and decides to help. She is supposed to find out what a guy is doing watching Willie and then he is found dead in Willie's house. She has met lots of Willie's associates and investigates trying to figure out who killed the guy. She manages to get herself in a bit of a bind along the way.
A pretty quick read, fast paced. Was a little thrown off by some of the scenes with her boyfriend. Guess I needed to read the prior book in the series as it felt like you were coming into the story of them in the middle. Not much background on them together.
A pretty quick read, fast paced. Was a little thrown off by some of the scenes with her boyfriend. Guess I needed to read the prior book in the series as it felt like you were coming into the story of them in the middle. Not much background on them together.
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