Uncover Unwilling Accomplice (Munch Mancini, #7) Showcased By Barbara Seranella Available In Physical Edition

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Munch Mancini receives a call from her daughter's aunt, who wants the girl to meet her cousins.
When one of the cousins goes missing soon after the meeting, Munch is drawn into finding the girl and discovers a ring of exploited and endangered children and teens.

I didnt feel this was the strongest book of the series and found the story a bit less suspenseful than others in the past.
Its interesting that as Munch becomes more “mainstream,” which is great for the growth of the character, she is less edgy and interesting.
Its still a very good series with a wonderful, strong, female character, but Im going to be interested to see where it goes from here.

Read in. Engaging and complex protagonist. Munch Mancini and her little daughter Asia are doing just fine, Munch rejoices in her job as a car mechanic, but it's tough when people from her old life resurface.
One such person is Lisa Slokum Asia's aunt who has bolted from a Witness Protection Programme with her two daughters and now needs Munch's help.
ereader ebookMunch Mancini mystery set in's Los Angeles, and featuring our favorite female mechanic and exjunkie.
Things are going along well for Munch and her adopted daughter Asia when a blast from the pastAsia's aunt Lisa and her two girlscall and ask to get together.
Munch, clean and sober for many years now, is always reluctant to let her past leak into her new, stable life, but Lisa is Asia's blood kin and Asia wants to meet her cousins, so she agrees.


When the elder daughter Charlotte goes missing a couple of days later, a distraught Lisa calls Munch as the police don't seem very interested in a Gothlooking fifteenyearold whom they think ran away.
Charlotte was friends with a boy who was killed a few days previously as part of a robbery, and Munch wonders if this had something to do with her disappearanceLisa is convinced she was abducted, and some threatening phone calls later bear this out.


Meanwhile, Munch learns some interesting information about Rico, her former boyfriend who had broken their relationship off when his exgirlfriend turned up pregnant, as he planned to 'do the right thing' and marry her.


I always

enjoy a visit with Munch and Asia and Munch's unique perspective on life and this book was no exception.
Only one left in the series, : Munch Mancini BkMunch is another year clean and sober and a hard working, loving mother to Asia, her adopted daughter.
When Asia's cousins and aunt turn up living nearby and asking for help, Munch is drawn back into proximity to the tempting world of drugs and booze that she left behind.
A world that threatens the lives of her young nieces and makes Munch want to lock Asia up to keep her safe.
Even with all precautions, how do you keep your kids safe Auto mechanic Munch Mancini is grateful for much in her life: her sobriety, her adopted daughter Asia, and now adopted cocker spaniel Jasper to share their home and yard.
That pleasantness is shattered when Munch gets a call from Asias aunt Lisa whod gone into the witness protection program when her brother and Asias father Sleaze John died many years ago.


Lisa wants her two girls Charlotte and Jill to meet their cousin Asia, Munch wisely picks a public place in the park, Then she calls her friend Detective Mace St, James to see if people actually come out of the witness protection program, and he tells her that they do if the danger is gone or if they are running some sort of scam.
Munch fears the second.

The day after their date in the park, Lisa calls Munch at work telling her that Charlotte is missing, but since its only been a few hours, theres not much the police will do.
Munch goes to Lisas house after dinner to check out where Charlotte was living and what her bedroom might reveal.
She discovers that Charlotte is dependent on insulin, which Lisa neglected to inform the police, With no recent pictures on hand to give the police, Munch visits the Venice High School where Charlotte was on the yearbook committee.
Munch learns that just yesterday there was a memorial service for a boy who was murdered, a boy whom Charlotte ate lunch with every day.
She gets his photo as well,

Then a moment of truth arrives, All of this has occurred in Ricos Chacons district, Rico is the detective Munch had a torrid affair with a year ago until he cut it off.
Munch has a rough time talking with Rico, but she keeps it mostly business and fills him in on the details of the case.


Munch does what she can and visits various shelters and womens homes, She puts up posters and finds some likely hideouts for Charlotte, She also decides to help Lisa out by moving her belongings from storage to home, When they arrive at the storage unit, theyre both surprised to learn the bill is paid up and the unit has been trashed.
Its Munch who notices a piece of duct tape with Charlottes dark hair with the ends dyed orange on it.
Now she calls Rico for help, and the evidence team moves in,

The story becomes much more intertwined from here on out, Munch is not alone in her search any longer, and many people, motives, and missions are tied together.
The way Barbara Seranella tells a story is so deceptively easy, fluidly sliding from one piece of history to today and on to tomorrow, and back again, from her job to her home life, from her love life to the love of her life, Asia.


I have had the immense pleasure of reading all seven mysteries centered on Munch Mancini which started with the beginning of her sobriety in NO HUMAN INVOLVED, and continuing on through NO OFFENSE INTENDED, UNWANTED COMPANY, UNFINISHED BUSINESS, NO MAN STANDING, and UNPAID DUES.
Munch is above all, a survivor in the world of thes ands, Her own father was scum to her, but shes a model mother to her own daughter, Shes learned so many lessons in life and through living life that she applies one day at a time.


I am so damned proud of Munch Mancini and all she has accomplished in these years.
If I ever had the chance to meet her in person, Id definitely want to be good friends.

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