From Library Journal
Series protagonist Rachel Gold (Death Benefits, Dutton, 1992) is a good divorce lawyer. Here, she agrees to help Eileen Landau, a friend of her sister, who wants to "drop" her pandering husband. Rachel's investigations uncover more than she bargained for, however, when police accuse her sister of murdering Eileen's lover, a hunky aerobic stud muffin-also known as a gambler. Now that her sister is involved, Rachel switches into high gear, and the widely publicized sex scandal fuels high-speed action and consummate thrills. Good narrative and a great read.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Kirkus Reviews
In what she vows will be her last divorce case, feisty St. Louis attorney Rachel Gold (Death Benefits, 1992) agrees to represent her sister Ann's friend, Eileen Landau, against her rutting developer husband, Tommy. But it's one divorce too many for Rachel. Eileen admits she's been carrying on herself with Andros, the dishy instructor whose aerobics clients at Firm Ambitions wiggle their bottoms for nobody but him; Rachel visits Firm Ambitions and has to fight off Andros's sales pitch for private sessions; and minutes after one last high-impact workout with Eileen, Andros pops some poisoned vitamins--after which the police arrest not Eileen, not Tommy, but Ann, another tearful victim of Andros's wiles, who'd written him a seriously nasty letter after she'd found he was 22-timing her. A cache of indiscreet photos of Andros's clientele makes Rachel realize that winning Ann's acquittal won't be enough; the only way to keep the lid on a scandal damaging to both Eileen and Ann will be to prevent the case from ever coming to trial. How? By enlisting her mother and her raffish sidekick, Benny Goldberg, to penetrate the ingenious scam Andros was really running on all those socialite twits. Like baseball's ever-deserving Cardinals, Rachel would be a lot better known if she played in a major media market. Her latest case--starting with sex, drugs, and gambling, and then getting really dirty--is a beaut. (Author tour) -- Copyright ©1994, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
Review
"Good narrative and a great read." ― Library Journal
"Her latest case―starting with sex, drugs, and gambling, and then getting really dirty―is a beaut." ― Kirkus Reviews
"Rachel remains one of the more engaging sleuths on the mystery scene." ― Publishers Weekly
"Clever, wonderful, delicious…don’t miss it." ― St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Review
“Quite definitely addictive…must-read, written with wit and humor and peopled with multidimensional characters. What more could any reader ask for? I love Rachel Gold—her independence and tough-mindedness, intelligence, and wit.” —Mary Balogh, New York Times Bestselling author
“A clever, high-spirited thriller…Rachel’s first-person narration is intelligent and breezy…and she’s supported by a memorable secondary cast.” —Publishers Weekly
“Clever, wonderful, delicious…don’t miss it.” —St. Louis Post—Dispatch
“An intricate plot, witty dialogue, and memorable characters…fine reading.” —Booklist
“High-speed action and consummate thrills. A great read.” —Library Journal
“Cleverly constructed. Considerable suspense.” —Chicago Tribune
“A beaut…starting with sex, drugs, and gambling, and then getting really dirty.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Chicanery, avarice, sexual happenings and big city life…fast moving.” —Mystery News
“A wild romp…very sharp-eyed observations of the legal community” —Mystery Lovers Bookshop News
“Snappy and smooth. Pure gold!” —The Poisoned Pen
About the Author
Michael Kahn is a trial lawyer by day and an author at night. He wrote his first novel, Grave Designs, on a challenge from his wife Margi, who got tired of listening to the same answer whenever she asked him about a book he was reading. "Not bad," he would say, "but I could write a better book than that." "Then write one," she finally said, "or please shut up." So he shut up―no easy task for an attorney―and then he wrote one.
Kahn is the award-winning author of: eleven Rachel Gold novels; three standalone novels: Played!, The Sirena Quest, and, under the pen name Michael Baron, The Mourning Sexton, and several short stories.
In addition to his day job as a trial lawyer, he is an adjunct professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis, where he teaches a class on censorship and free expression. Married to his high school sweetheart, he is the father of five and the grandfather of, so far, seven.
