Nice Girls Finish Last
Penguin Books 1997
ISBN 0140245162
Christina says:
In the middle of the night TV journalist Robin Hudson gets a call from
the police. Her gynecologist Herman Kanengiser was killed in his practice
and she was the last patient in his calendar that day. But her appointment
had been cancelled. Since the good doctor apparently was connected to the
SM scene Robin’s slimy boss at the news station ANN, Jerry Spurdle,
wants her to do the story. Robin finds a couple of other motives, but they
don’t bring high ratings and don’t interest Jerry. Robin has to keep
her fiery temper in check, though, because her job is on the line again as
the network is "re-structured". Somebody seems to hold a grudge
against ANN’s male employees and panic spreads in the newsroom. And as
if that wasn’t enough Robin’s aunt Mo is in town to drag her wayward
niece away from the path of sin.
Robin Hudson masters her chaotic life with humor and tries to get by
whatever happens. Her career as well as her love life is a roller coaster
ride. She spends a large part of the book thinking about the latter and
yet she doesn’t chase a guy at all cost and values her independence,
something that sets her pleasantly apart from many a heroine you meet in
books these days.
Sparkle Hayter describes New York with a twisted sense of humor and
grants her readers a look behind the scenes of the TV news. Robin’s
bizarre family history makes her even more likeable. Even if the case
Robin had to solve in this book was a bit predictable her characters were
unique.
I recommend this book and the entire series to people who like to grin
and occasionally laugh out loud while reading mysteries, especially
readers who agree with me that Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum is a tad too
cute. |
