Close Quarters
Close Quarters
ISBN: 9780385305389
定价: 66.00
内容简介
From Publishers Weekly Bronx-reared， Jewish and female， Nina Fischman， a Legal Services for the Elderly attorney， imbues her latest adventure with lively wit and brash humor. Spending a week at a Fire Island summer share with Cheryl Schneiderman， a bossy Housing Court litigator with a Red Queen voice and a "heliotropic tendency，" sun-spurning Nina is quickly confronted with murder when house organizer and master seducer Barry Adleman is killed by a poisoned motion-sickness patch. Nina's new love interest， neurotic and vulnerable Jonathan Harris， becomes prime suspect: Barry， a friend since high school， had slept with his wife， played around with his money and lost his Mad magazines. Nina believes that Jonathan， a vulnerable and neurotic Upper East Sider who thinks Jewish women are good in bed and doesn't care about a woman's weight， is a great catch， and she tries to clear him by finding the real murderer. Suspects abound in a household of two envious men and seven spurned women. But it isn't the mystery that entertains as much as the author's iconoclastic humor and accurate take on pushing-40 single New Yorkers. Coauthor of The Yuppie Handbook ， Piesman ( Heading Uptown ) punctuates her narrative with the right zip codes and brand names. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information， Inc. From Library Journal Humorous New York attorney Nina Fischman makes her fourth series appearance on Fire Island， where she shares a house with friend Cheryl and others. She becomes suspect when the lothario of the house is murdered， but police favor another man， the new object of Nina's affections.Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information， Inc. See all Editorial Reviews