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Fiction. Mystery. "Thou shalt not steal is indeed the moral in this light-as-a-bubble comic caper" by the #1 New York Times–bestselling author (People). Appraising rare coins for Grandby & Sons, a venerable Madison Avenue auction house, is a dream come true for Mary Lou Bateson. She even gets a chance to inspect the Havistock Collection of priceless coins, which includes the Demaretion, a rare, ancient Greek silver piece. But when the Demaretion disappears just after her assessment, the show more young numismatist becomes the number-one suspect. Placed on indefinite leave, Bateson enlists the help of a New York Police Department cop and an insurance detective to go behind the closed doors of one of New York's most powerful and untouchable families. The Havistocks are keeping some dangerous secrets, including a kleptomaniac daughter, a sex-addicted daughter-in-law, and a sleazy nest of adultery, pornography, and damning secrets someone is willing to kill to keep. show lessTags
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This book was not at all what I expected. I've never read Lawrence Sanders, and based on the little bit that was on the back of the book I was expecting a more serious whodunit. What I got instead was funny and lighthearted and, most surprising, featured an interesting and endearing female lead character. I hope he's written more books with Mary Lou Bateson in them, because I really liked her and related to her right away. I didn't completely agree with the decision she makes at the end of the book, but I sort of understand it.
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For those of us who have enjoyed Mr. Sanders' more upbeat offerings this is fairly tame material despite Dunk Bateson's estimable presence.
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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
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- Canonical title
- The Eighth Commandment
- Original title
- The Eighth Commandment
- Original publication date
- 1986
- People/Characters
- Mary Lou Bateson
- First words
- Men treat me with amusement, women with sympathy.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)You can be logical about other people's lives, but never your own.
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- ISBNs
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