Friday, January 22, 2016

THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT by Lawrence Sanders

Refinished Fr 1/22/16

This is one of my paperbacks and I finished it the first time, Mo 5/2/94

Like something that would be read at the beach or in an airport, and I devoured it in two days. Light, but engaging.

The 7th Commandment is ADULTERY, but the book dealt with a jewelry store chain that was being used as a way to launder money for a large drug ring

link at amazon books-

 http://www.amazon.com/Seventh-Commandment-Lawrence-Sanders/dp/0399136118

The story is about an insurance investigator from Hartford, Conneticut who is investigating an insurance claim in NYC. An elderly owner of a jewelry chain is stabbed on a Manhattan street and the company is on the hook for a three million dollar claim. Three more murders occur and a much bigger scheme is revealed.

Dora Conti is the plump, yet brainy agent and, although happily married to trucker/dispatcher (I know how that goes) she falls for NY detective John Wenden.  But, they do not succumb to the sin of adultery.

I wonder if the Dora Conti character is going to be used again or was it a 'one off'.

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