You might think this is going to be a funny story a la Janet Evanovich's
Stephanie Plum; well, it ain't. We've all known - or have been, or
maybe even still are - toughies like Roxy Abruzzo: she's seen too much,
heard too much, all at too early an age to understand or escape. Now as
an adult, she's prickly and feisty, a tough-love (or worse) mother, but
author Martin has given her enough humanity to capture a reader's
interest. Roxy runs a salvage business, which leads her to the
occasional lapse of honesty, particularly the removal of an old marble
statue from a murdered client's estate. Turns out the statue is
priceless, a genuine BC Greek art work. The family of the deceased - all
weird, all millionaires - want the statue. As does a mysterious killer
who's driven to more murder to keep secrets and get the statue. With a
charming but scheming lawyer, a drug-addled art lover and a granny who
fakes comas, and lots of compelling reasons to act as she does, Roxy
finally comes face to face with the murderer...but on whose terms? I'll
give this a 3.5; you might give it more...or less. What do you think of
the title? Does it have anything to do with the story? For me, it was
misleading, just a catchy title that didn't have a thing to do with the
story. What'd I miss??
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