Synopses & Reviews
Munch Mancini's old life returns to haunt her when the battered body of an old friend and fellow "biker mama" is discovered -- and a photo of Munch appears in the woman's criminal file. Munch will do what it takes to clear her record of the drunk-driving rap. She's cut all ties with the people she used to know. Especially the victim, whose hardcase old man, Thor, was a walking nightmare.
When Munch's detective boyfriend discovers a link between her friend's death and three brutal decade-old murders, the evidence points to Thor. Munch fears him -- but she's even more afraid of her past, which could ruin her. And when the danger threatens those she loves most, Munch must go on the attack to stop a killer.
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Los Angeles Times
Unpaid Dues radiates the bucolic straightforwardness of an urban elegy....[Seranella] knows what she is writing about. It shows, and it's all for the better.
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Sun-Sentinel, Fort LauderdaleGritty, well-plotted...Unpaid Dues moves at a
brisk pace that is laden with surprises.
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S. J. Rozan, author of
Winter and NightBarbara Seranella has no use for sugarcoating. In a voice all her own, at a crackling pace, she tells a compelling story of past actions, present troubles, complicated responsibilities, and dues finally, if painfully, paid.
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Romantic TimesA gritty, realistic portrayal of the life and the haunting past troubles that can pop in the life of an ex-addict....A tight story and compelling, if not sometimes tragic, characters.
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Joe Lansdale, author of
The Bottoms and
A Fine Dark LineWhat a treat! Munch is one hell of a character. Hot prose and a hot story from a writer on the fast track to the top of the crime writer's heap.