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Summary: Roller blading detectives are at it a third time
Review: "Until it Hurts" is Polly Whitney's third "Until" novel. This time the TV news director Abby Abagnarro and his ex-wife Ike Tagart are at New York City's Madison Square Garden. They are granted an interview by the Icemaan, a New York Knick player. The Garden floor is pelted with buckshot. The Iceman is dead but not from the gun shots. He has been knifed. There are other shootings and yet another murder. The two, both Abby and Ike, are bickering as they have in the other two "Until" books. Abby's attitude is bit more flip this time around and that's why I rated it as an "8" as opposed to "9s" on the two precious novels. As with "Unil the End of Time" and "Until Death," "Until it Hurts" is worth the search for at booksellers and libraries. Get they now, read them and wait for the next "Unil" book which I hope is in the works.
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Summary: Very enjoyable!!
Review: "Until it Hurts" is Polly Whitney's third "Until" novel. This time the TV news director Abby Abagnarro and his ex-wife Ike Tagart are at New York City's Madison Square Garden. They are granted an interview by the Icemaan, a New York Knick player. The Garden floor is pelted with buckshot. The Iceman is dead but not from the gun shots. He has been knifed. There are other shootings and yet another murder. The two, both Abby and Ike, are bickering as they have in the other two "Until" books. Abby's attitude is bit more flip this time around and that's why I rated it as an "8" as opposed to "9s" on the two precious novels. As with "Unil the End of Time" and "Until Death," "Until it Hurts" is worth the search for at booksellers and libraries. Get they now, read them and wait for the next "Unil" book which I hope is in the works.
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Summary: Very enjoyable!!
Review: I must say, this was one of the best books I've read in awhile. Abby's comments were just hilarious! Abby and Ike make a great mystery solving team. Although a little unrealistic near the end, I thought Until It Hurts was excellent. I actually laughed out loud during many instances of the book. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys mysteries, basketball, or just a good laugh. In my opinion, Polly Whitney's Until It Hurts definitely deserves five stars!!
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Summary: Wheels come off this Rollerblading mystery
Review: Muttering became a way of life for me the few days I took to read "Until it Hurts," Polly Whitney's third book about the battling ex-couple, Ike and Abby Abagnarro. The Ike and Abby series rates high on the "cute setup" meter. Ike is a woman, Abby a man, and if you can keep that in mind, then it won't bother you as much as it annoyed me. She's the producer of a network morning show, her ex the show's director. Although divorced, they work together, compete in ballroom dance competitions and skate the streets of New York on Rollerblades. Since Abby didn't want the divorce the books provide plenty of opportunities for bickering, misunderstandings and the possibility of a reconciliation. But the wheels quickly come off this "Moonlighting" on Rollerblades. The mystery, involving the murder of New York Knicks star center, Archie "Big Chill" Thorpe, is loaded with improbabilities, starting with the notion that someone could stand ten rows from the courtside during a pre-game warm-up, shoot Thorpe and escape without being seen. Now, "Moonlighting" didn't make people forget Agatha Christie, but the sparks between Dave and Maddie made up for it. Ike shows little interest in Abby, whose whining, posturing and bad jokes deaden the sections that display Whitney's talent for manic humor.
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Summary: Wheels come off this Rollerblading mystery
Review: Muttering became a way of life for me the few days I took to read "Until it Hurts," Polly Whitney's third book about the battling ex-couple, Ike and Abby Abagnarro. The Ike and Abby series rates high on the "cute setup" meter. Ike is a woman, Abby a man, and if you can keep that in mind, then it won't bother you as much as it annoyed me. She's the producer of a network morning show, her ex the show's director. Although divorced, they work together, compete in ballroom dance competitions and skate the streets of New York on Rollerblades. Since Abby didn't want the divorce the books provide plenty of opportunities for bickering, misunderstandings and the possibility of a reconciliation. But the wheels quickly come off this "Moonlighting" on Rollerblades. The mystery, involving the murder of New York Knicks star center, Archie "Big Chill" Thorpe, is loaded with improbabilities, starting with the notion that someone could stand ten rows from the courtside during a pre-game warm-up, shoot Thorpe and escape without being seen. Now, "Moonlighting" didn't make people forget Agatha Christie, but the sparks between Dave and Maddie made up for it. Ike shows little interest in Abby, whose whining, posturing and bad jokes deaden the sections that display Whitney's talent for manic humor.
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