And even though I plugged away to the finish, I never came around to rooting for or caring if Mitch got the better of the bad guys. One thing I'll say for it, I think you can figure out pretty quick w hether it's a title for you or not. I was already gr inding my teach in chapter 3 so I knew this was going to be a rough one. The union rep was ridiculous, Mitch's "straight talk" employee management scheme was just a little too easy and the criminals were really bor ing a nd stupid. Barbara may as well h ave been called Convenient Mitch Decoration or Needed Plot Device. Mitch was so over the top about the only thing I found believable was the fact he thought his stupid ass excuse re Cini w as something he should say out loud. What doesn't: For this reader, pretty much everything else. I do like an author who let's the story tell itself. What works: Leonard's spare prose and sna ppy dialogue. As it happens, they end up getting more than they bargained for with this particular bus inessman. Synopsis: A trio of criminals try to blackmail a businessman by expos ing his in fidelity. T itle: Should have been called Not Even 1 Reason to Pickup M uch Less 52.
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