Helpful Score: 3
Appealing characters, cute turns-of-phrase. Well-done, but a teeny bit cloying...as in, don't read the series one after the other. Try something palate-refreshing in between.
All that said, still, a bon-bon is nice now and again.
All that said, still, a bon-bon is nice now and again.
Helpful Score: 2
This is an older book (1989) but a delightful start to a series. I look forward to reading the further books about life in Manhattan.
Julie S. (juliecookies) reviewed Unorthodox Practices (Nina Fischman, Bk 1) on + 3 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
It's an interesting mystery and romance novel.
Helpful Score: 1
This is a pleasant story for those who like mystery and New York City. While it's not difficult to come to the correct conclusion in this "who-dun-it", it is a fun read.
Helpful Score: 1
a fun book to read.
Dianne L. (stargazer00) reviewed Unorthodox Practices (Nina Fischman, Bk 1) on + 151 more book reviews
"Mrs. Gross and Mrs. Kahn were both elderly tenants on West End Avenue. Both lived--and suddenly died--in buildings undergoing million-dollar co-op conversions. And--most sinister of all--neither of them had cockroaches.
Housing Court attorney Nina Fischman's life is unravelling. Her job is running her ragged, and she can't decide whether to leave her nice WASP boyfriend--or marry him. But when two reasonably healthy old ladies die in very valuable apartments, Nina begins to supsect murder. Now all she has to do is convince Judah Lev, a short, younger, Orthodox prosecutor in the D. A.'s office, that something's not kosher...and figure out whey she's so attracted to him. In the meantime, Ida, Nina's sharp-witted mom, is on the case. After all, isn't detective just another word for yenta?"
Housing Court attorney Nina Fischman's life is unravelling. Her job is running her ragged, and she can't decide whether to leave her nice WASP boyfriend--or marry him. But when two reasonably healthy old ladies die in very valuable apartments, Nina begins to supsect murder. Now all she has to do is convince Judah Lev, a short, younger, Orthodox prosecutor in the D. A.'s office, that something's not kosher...and figure out whey she's so attracted to him. In the meantime, Ida, Nina's sharp-witted mom, is on the case. After all, isn't detective just another word for yenta?"
Linda K. (readingyoga-fan) reviewed Unorthodox Practices (Nina Fischman, Bk 1) on + 143 more book reviews
From the back of the book: Mrs. Gross and Mrs. Kahn were both elderly tenants on West End Avenue. Both lived...and suddenly died...in buildings undergoing million-dollar co-op conversions. And..most sinister of all...neither of them had cockroaches...
A quick easy read.
A quick easy read.
