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Book Reviews of Perish Twice (Sunny Randall, Bk 2)

Perish Twice (Sunny Randall, Bk 2)
Perish Twice - Sunny Randall, Bk 2
Author: Robert B. Parker
ISBN-13: 9780399146688
ISBN-10: 0399146687
Publication Date: 10/2/2000
Pages: 291
Rating:
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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4 stars, based on 40 ratings
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Book Type: Hardcover
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reviewed Perish Twice (Sunny Randall, Bk 2) on + 19 more book reviews
"Boston P.I. Sunny Randall returns to face a trio of multilayered cases, in a mesmerizing new novel from today's foremost writer of American crime fiction."
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Very Good Parker Book featuring a female detective. Enjoyed it a lot. Getting ready to read Book 2
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Boston P.I. comes to the Aid of 3 VERY different women in three VERY DANGEROUS situations......and ALL could be FATAL.
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One of prolific Parker's most enjoyable novels, in my estimation. Sunny Randall is an engaging and realistic heroine.
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I read this a while ago and it has been sitting on my shelf waiting for a new owner...It remember it being a good read...fast and fun. Like all the Spenser novels!
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Even though the police consider the case closed, Sunny wants to pursue the investigation and discover the truth.
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Of all the great novels written by Parker, this has to be considered one of his two or three best novels. Boston P.I. Sunny Randall, coming to the aid of three very different women in three very dangerous situations. One, is for business. One, is for a friend. One, is for family. And all could be fatal
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A Sunny Randall mystery.
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I like the Sunny Randall books.
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Robert parker returns with his newest heroine Boston P.I Sunny Randall, coming to the aid of three very different women in three very dangerous situations. One is for business, ones if for a friend and one is for a family, and all could be fatal.
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I really enjoyed this book .It is the first book I've read by Robert Parker that wasn't a spencer novel.
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Sonny Randall mystery
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classic Parker dialogue and story line.
perryfran avatar reviewed Perish Twice (Sunny Randall, Bk 2) on + 1168 more book reviews
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.
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This is a book about Sunny Randall not Spenser.
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This female detective, Sunny, is Spenser all over again. Same fun style of dialog.
KellyP avatar reviewed Perish Twice (Sunny Randall, Bk 2) on + 142 more book reviews
The 2nd Sunny Randall book. Fun, fun, fun!!
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Well written plot, as usual with Parker. However, the main character just doesn't ring true for me.
wndrngrl avatar reviewed Perish Twice (Sunny Randall, Bk 2) on + 107 more book reviews
Boston PI Sunny Randle, given her second outing here, is to Parker's veteran PI Spenser as Pepsi is to Coke: a bit lighter and sweeter, but still the real deal. And in the literary equivalent of a blind taste test, you'd be hard pressed to tell them apart; this second Sunny novel, even more than her first (Family Honor), is a Spenser book wearing a skirt. About now, the author's fans might be yearning for a change of pace of the sort Parker has offered in his stand-alones and his Jesse Stone series; still, what's here is quite good. The novel revolves around assorted couples' dysfunctional liaisons. In one significant subplot, Sunny's obnoxious and spoiled sister, Elizabeth, hires Sunny to trail her husband, whom she suspects of having an affair; when Sunny catches the lothario, Elizabeth leaves him and begins to sleep around. In another, Sunny's old therapist pal, Julie, is having troubles with her beloved and is also starting to date. And in the novel's main plotline, a lesbian activist who hires Sunny to protect her from a stalker also turns out to be stuck in a web of infidelityAand murder. Two killingsAa man Sunny pinpoints as the stalker, and a woman who works for the activistAeventually bring Sunny into the orbit of scary black gangster Tony Marcus, who runs prostitution in Boston. The scenes involving Sunny, Marcus and Marcus's underlings crackle with tension and sometimes violence; the rest of the novel presents a wholly absorbing puzzle of confused motives and whodunits that Sunny picks at as doggedly as any PI going. With its smooth blend of mystery, action and psychological probings, this is yet another first-rate, though not innovative, offering from a reliable old master. 15-city author tou
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Number 2 in the Sunny Randall series. Typical of Robert B. Parker.
bellasgranny avatar reviewed Perish Twice (Sunny Randall, Bk 2) on + 468 more book reviews
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.
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Good, good, good read. Had not read this author before, but I sure enjoyed his style. I will look for others by him. I know you will enjoy the characters in this book.
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I love the Sunny series. The characters are great. The plot is good, but the rapport with the characters is what makes this series.
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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.
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Fan of Robert Parker. This is a different character for him, Boston P.I. Sunny Randal... different character but alot like Spencer. Good read.
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I enjoyed reading about Sunny, Rosie, Richie, Skip and all.
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A sunny Randall book. Good read
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very quick read.ending was a little wierd.
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ROBERT B PARKER--SUNNY RANDALL MYSTERY
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Another great Sunny Randall book.