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Way back in 1997, I ran across one of the most unique characters that I've ever seen in a book. Her name was Munch Mancini. Her life was pretty much a mess. She had been a biker chick with all that implies, gotten into a life dominated by drugs and was working as an auto mechanic. After reading NO HUMAN INVOLVED, I knew that I would be following Munch wherever she was going. Fortunately, as time passed, she got a handle on her life, went clean and sober and even adopted a little girl, Asia. Munch will always be a little rough around the edges, but over the course of eight books, she's grown in unexpected ways and is now a woman who's pretty much got it together. As AN UNACCEPTABLE DEATH opens, Munch is preparing for her wedding to undercover cop Enrique 'Rico' Chacon. Just as with everything else in Munch's life, their relationship hasn't been an easy one. They've finally learned how to live with and love one another, when the worst possible thing happens. Rico has infiltrated a drug gang and is killed during a drug bust. Unbelievably, the cops seem to feel that Rico "turned", that he had actually been a part of the gang operations and therefore refuse to provide his family with any of the benefits that are usually accorded to a cop's survivors. As you can imagine, Munch is completely devastated by Rico's death. But she's just mad enough at what is going on to try to set things straight. With the help of one of her former biker chick friends who has also gone straight, she tries to clear Rico's name and help his family. She's caught in a maelstrom of danger involving unreliable police investigators, a biker chief who is looking for vengeance and a group of Mexican drug traffickers that has everything at stake. AN UNACCEPTABLE DEATH is one of the very best books in the Munch Mancini series. Seranella does a fine job of developing an engrossing plot while peopling the book with characters that live and breathe. And just as in that first book of so long ago, she incorporates the little details that make the narrative completely plausible. As much as the book will break your heart, it will also cheer you as you see a woman who has so much life turn away from despair and face the future with determination and hope. Long live Munch!
Reviewed by Maddy Van Hertbruggen, February 2006
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