They�re the new Odd Couple of mystery fiction--she�s Queen Latifah and he�s Danny DeVito. Or they would be if this were a movie--in print, they�re Talba Wallis and Eddie Valentino, the hottest detective duo in New Orleans. Talba�s got the beauty, the brains, the computer savvy, the poetic soul, the
Louisiana Bigshot: A Humorous New Orleans Mystery; Talba Wallis #2
✍ Scribed by Smith, Julie
- Book ID
- 109265036
- Publisher
- booksBnimble
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 166 KB
- Series
- Talba Wallis 2
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781617504464
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
They�re the new Odd Couple of mystery fiction--she�s Queen Latifah and he�s Danny DeVito. Or they would be if this were a movie--in print, they�re Talba Wallis and Eddie Valentino, the hottest detective duo in New Orleans. Talba�s got the beauty, the brains, the computer savvy, the poetic soul, the right demographic, and the sass. Eddie�s got the detective agency. Also a short fuse and yes, wisdom. Not only do they make it work, they�ve got chemistry! And they need every skill and ounce of courage they can summon in this intricate tale of a decades-old conspiracy only now coming home to roost, with the murder of Talba�s friend Babalu Maya. Babalu is actually Clayton Robineau, daughter of the local banker in a small Louisiana town that bears her name, a town buried under the weight of its own malevolent past. And something terrible happened to Clayton as a child, something almost anyone in town would kill to cover up.
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