Nothing Stays the Same (Zane Presents)
This tight sequel toEx-Terminatorchecks in on the fortunes of the Ex-Files, a group of friends who've helped each survive life after divorce. Marvin Thomas and Kenny Richmond run Thomas and Richmond Tecktronics, a Fortune 500 company that appears to be a wild success, but Marvin knows is deeply in debt. Other worries bombard him as well after an argument with his wife, Rachel, leads him to foolishly hook up with a floozy named Peaches, who tries to blackmail him for $50,000. Perkins also follows up on the lives of other Ex-Files friends: Sylvia, Mona, a now-incarcerated Ashley Jordan-Lewis, and Claudette. Perkins delivers a saucy and solid testament to what it takes to keep the home fires burning but not raging out of control.(Mar.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.