Harold Robbins--I started "The Looters". The character and plot were intriguing and I also wanted to write a piece set in a museum. I chose the book because the lead character (a woman) was a curator in an art museum; mine would have had a different setting as well as a different type of museum and different POV. I also had to look twice to see whether the author was male or female, as I had not expected a woman lead by a male author.
None of these things put Mr. Robbins on this list. But I hard time wading through the sexual innuendos, language and one explicit scene; at that point I returned the book to the library.
It was unfortunate because I really wanted to like the character. But as the story unfolded I realised she was not just a woman in a high powered profession in a hard boiled city. While I did not expect her to be sweet and frilly I did not expect her to be so hard, either. If the sexual references were less, or at least less boldfaced I might have continued reading. I have seen other works by Mr. Robbins but that was many years ago, and I can't remember reading anything else by him. But I suspect the characters would be just as hard-nosed and obnoxious. I may find one of his other books just to give him the benefit of the doubt when I have time.
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