Review: From Crime Fighter to Criminal Accomplice
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 21, 2012
No one recognizes better than the heroine that in the course of these three books she has moved from a relationship with a  crude traditional male cop who unsuccessfully seeks to dominate her for what he believes to be her own good to a contemporary, wealthy unconvicted gangster who dominates her by helping her achieve her goals through criminal means and subornation of an FBI agent (who happens to be his brother--even in the current FBI, sans J. Edgar Hoover, would such a situation really be possible?). Well, of course, in later volumes, not included in this collection of three, it may well turn out that he is on the side of the angels and is in actuality a secret agent of the President (a la Lanny Budd).If we put aside the question of whether participating in the torture of suspects by private citizens, another aspect of our heroine PI's behavior, taints her irrevocably, these books are the usual hard-hitting private eye, romantic, detective stories which are at the heart of the popularity for the new "tough guy" female mystery. The books are nicely joined together by continuing characters, have lots of action, in-your-face detection and relationship to the police, and the necessary romantic interest. The normal reading,who can reconcile him/her self to the ends justifying the means, should have a good time.....particularly at the Amazon prime price of zero dollars.