Nothing to Lose

Robyn Hunter Mysteries #3

by Norah McClintock

Robyn is excited to hang out with her sorta-boyfriend Nick after weeks apart. Nick has a dark history, but Robyn's sure he has reformed—until she notices suspicious behavior during their trip to Chinatown. Turns out Nick's been doing favors for dangerous people. Robyn urges him to stop, but the situation might be out of her control—and Nick's....

Genres: Mystery, Young Adult, Romance, Mystery Thriller, Contemporary, Teen, Canada

208 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Norah McClintock’s fascinating mysteries are hard to put down. Her Chloe & Levesque series, Mike & Riel series, and Robyn Hunter series, all published by Scholastic Canada, have been popular with readers in many countries. Norah has also written several crime novels for reluctant readers in the Orca Soundings series from Orca Book Publishers,

Norah is a five-time winner of the Crime Writers of Canada's Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile Crime Novel. Read Mistaken Identity, The Body in the Basement, Sins of the Father, Scared to Death, and Break and Enter to find out why! Norah's books have been translated into more than a dozen languages, and she has won numerous awards.

Awards:
Arthur Ellis Award - Juvenile
o 1996 – Mistaken Identity – Winner
o 1998 – The Body in the Basement – Winner
o 1999 – Sins of the Father – Winner
o 2002 – Scared to Death – Winner
o 2003 – Break and Enter – Winner

Red Maple Award
o 2004 – Hit and Run – Winner

Reviews

[Emilie | La prof de français]

3.5⭐️
J’ai bien aimé retrouver Robyn et Nick, mais ça n’a pas parfaitement répondu à mes attentes de roman policier. Robyn n’agit pas tant comme enquêtrice ici, elle subit davantage les contrecoups et se retrouvent mêlée à la situation sans vraiment qu’on enquête. C’est bon, mais pas encore le parfait récit policier!

[Erin]

I'm desperate to figure out what Canadian city Norah McClintock has based these novels in. It's clearly Canadian because A) Norah McClintock is Canadian, B) they mention how Robyn's mother often represents the Crown, C) Robyn has a social insurance number, and D) at some point Nick goes to Alberta and Alberta is just not a place you namedrop by accident. Hence, Canada. At first I just assumed it was Toronto, because duh, but also because she mentions Morgan's cottage a lot and cottages are a very Ontario thing. But then this story revolves around human trafficking and people arriving in shipping containers, so I thought maybe Vancouver?? Which would explain Nick going to Alberta, EXCEPT Robyn references someone "going out west" and well, nothing is west of Vancouver. So back east we go, except I don't think Toronto has a shipping port?? It's on a lake, but defs wouldn't be a major shipping port. SO the only thing left is Montreal, which is at least on the St. Lawrence River, except I don't think it's a major shipping port either. And the people being smuggled into the country defs come from China, and that's a long way round considering China is the other direction. And if it WAS Montreal, why are there no references to French, like at all? So I'm back to Vancouver, except it definitely has more of a Toronto vibe, and I'm still very confused and desperate to know. Chances are she chose a mixture of all of these places in order to not have a specific location (but we know it definitely ain't Calgary).

Anyway, this isn't my favourite of the series but I still enjoyed it somewhat.

[Dolores]

With the third book in this series, things took a bit of a darker turn. For the first time, Robyn's investigations really landed her in trouble. Nick's secrets nearly cost her her life. And I have to say, her dad was a bit blase about it, all in all. Not sure if I completely buy that, but I guess her relationship with her dad is a bit more relaxed than with her mom. This one had more thriller elements than mystery. I guess the mystery was what Nick was up to. That is one interesting relationship. It will be interesting to see where it goes.

[Kaia Seeley]

I feel like this book was kinda a filler, it passed very fast. The plot was pretty good though, not as good as the first two. Nick was pretty mean in this book, and Robyn was very smart but still unaware of many things. 4/5

[Salma]

I am interested in reading this book because I read the first one in the Robyn Hunter mysteries. Although, I do have a question. Can u actually read a book on goodreads? Because if u can't I'm outta here! What's the point??!?!!

[Hpitcher]

i love all the robyn hunter books

[Maggie]

The novel

[Harold Walters]

Straight forward YA mystery.

[Brandon]

I like this book, it provokes the illusion of safety or in this case security.
your not safe if you can be tracked with mail.