In Lupica's third Sunny Randall continuation, to be published May 4, Sunny's best friend Spike turns to her when hedge fund manager Alex Drysdale takes ownership of Spike's restaurant through a predatory loan agreement. At the same time, Sunny's cop friend Lee Farrell turns to her when his college student niece Emily is beaten.
Some novelists may understandably avoid the reality of the COVID-19 pandemic. Lupica includes it to good effect as the reason Spike needed a loan from Drysdale despite warning signs. The author does also take some license, setting the novel in the near future we hope for, when masks are no longer needed.
Robert B. Parker's Payback is a twisty tale of Sunny following Drysdale's money, as usual calling on competing flames Irish mobster ex-husband Richie Burke and Paradise police chief Jesse Stone and other connections across Parker's—and now Lupica's—body of work.
Thanks again to Putnam Books' Katie McKee for the advance copy.
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Some novelists may understandably avoid the reality of the COVID-19 pandemic. Lupica includes it to good effect as the reason Spike needed a loan from Drysdale despite warning signs. The author does also take some license, setting the novel in the near future we hope for, when masks are no longer needed.
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Thanks again to Putnam Books' Katie McKee for the advance copy.
Join my Matrix public chatroom Fans of Robert B. Parker.
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