Personal Effects

by Marissa Piesman

Series: Nina Fischman (2)

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Bridget Jones, in New York City, with a Jewish mother. Very, very funny. Ideal for fans of Lisa Scottoline and Janet Evanovich and Sex in the City Of special interest for large metropolitan areas with active Jewish populations. Animated dialogue and a lively sense of the absurd - Publishers Weekly As a social observer, Piesman is without peer, with a snappy theory on everything from post-feminism to the economic politics of wearing high heels - New York Times . Piesman may write mysteries, but her humor and social insights suggest Nora Ephron, Fran Lebo-witz, and even a touch of Jane Austen. - From the Booklist review of Survival Instinct:… (more)

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Number two in a series centered on not-very-sucessful and not-at-all married New York lawyer Nina Fischman. With the help of her intrepid mother Ida, she gets involved in one set of murderous messes after another, and usually manages to resolve them. The joy in the Fischman novels isn't the plot, it's the tone of voice and the sense of place. (

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Bridget Jones, in New York City, with a Jewish mother. *Very, very funny. *Ideal for fans of Lisa Scottoline and Janet Evanovich and Sex in the City *Of special interest for large metropolitan areas with active Jewish populations. *Animated dialogue and a lively sense of the absurd - Publishers Weekly *As a social observer, Piesman is without peer, with a snappy theory on everything from post-feminism to the economic politics of wearing high heels - New York Times * . Piesman may write mysteries, but her humor and social insights suggest Nora Ephron, Fran Lebo-witz, and even a touch of Jane Austen. - From the Booklist review of Survival Instinct:

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