Sullivan's Sting
by Lawrence Sanders
On This Page
Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Deadly Sins seriescomes the story of a female FBI agent on the most dangerous mission of her career Rita Sullivan is the kind of FBI agent who plays by the book and always gets her man. Now, to bring a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scammer to justice, she must become a con artist herself. David Rathbone has walked away from an insider-trading rap in New York, and the Feds are out for blood. When the beautiful Rita and her seductive prey collide, show more all bets are off. Now Rita's living the life of Riley, playing in David's glittering high-society world of polo, charity balls, and pleasure cruises. As she circles the south Florida playgrounds of Palm Beach and Miami, Rita gets closer to her mark and becomes vulnerable to the biggest con of all: love. Sullivan's Sting is one of Lawrence Sanders's most irresistible novels, with its ambitious plot and the mystery master's trademark cast of unforgettable characters. Fiction. Mystery. show lessTags
Recommendations
Member Reviews
So, after reading the book, I see the GR blurb, and it makes sense. Sanders sells his books with sex scenes instead of good storytelling.
This story, about a female cop going under cover, and under the covers, really hit me wrong. Every police character was some sort of sleazeball and on the take in one way or another and the badguys were horrible people as well.
This was a dirty story about dirty people and I did not enjoy it at all.
This story, about a female cop going under cover, and under the covers, really hit me wrong. Every police character was some sort of sleazeball and on the take in one way or another and the badguys were horrible people as well.
This was a dirty story about dirty people and I did not enjoy it at all.
Not one of my favorite Sanders' novels -- not even close. He just doesn't write female characters very realistically. Rita Sullivan might be what he wishes a woman would be, but I've never known anyone even remotely like her.
Everybody gets conned one way or another.
Ratings
Members
- Recently Added By
Author Information
87 Works 14,988 Members
Lawrence Sanders was born in Brooklyn, New York on March 15, 1920. He graduated from Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, in 1942 and served in the Marine Corps from 1943 to 1946. After years of working as an editor for a number of magazines, including Mechanics Illustrated and Science and Mechanics, Lawrence Sanders wrote and published his show more first novel, The Anderson Tapes (1970), at the age of 50 which won the Edgar Award for Best First Mystery Novel from The Mystery Writers of America. It was made into a film in 1971, as was The First Deadly Sin (1973). Sanders died February 7, 1998 (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Awards and Honors
Distinctions
Work Relationships
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title*
- Houkutuslintu
- Original title
- Sullivan’s Sting
- Original publication date
- 1990
- First words
- He was a perfect gentleman, eager to please.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"Maybe," Tony said.
*Some information comes from Common Knowledge in other languages. Click "Edit" for more information.
Classifications
Statistics
- Members
- 394
- Popularity
- 78,487
- Reviews
- 3
- Rating
- (3.02)
- Languages
- 5 — English, Finnish, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 19
- ASINs
- 10
