Vendetta: Luckys Revenge
Jackie Collins. Avon Books, $7.99 (624pp) ISBN 978-0-06-101235-8
Lucky's husband, Lennie, is kidnapped in what PW called an ""easy, nasty read."" (Aug.)
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Reviewed on: 07/31/1997
Genre: Fiction
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